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[wishesandsmoke]

It was a relief to be free of the Compound and back home, even if the cut in her leg left Eden hobbling around. She shouldn't have been putting much weight on it and she tried not to, but she couldn't bear just to sit still all day. It would heal just fine whether or not she was on her feet, as long as she was careful

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[lucked]

Mad wasn't precisely the right word, and yet it was the closest Claire could find when it came to describing how she felt with Eden having been outside during the onset of the storm, coming back riddled with injuries and probably keen on bouncing back to her feet as soon as she could. It was funny, Claire couldn't help but think, that so many people without the ability to regenerate in the way that Claire could, still ended up caring less about keeping themselves protected in full than a girl with the invincible gene did. It was illogical. More importantly, it hurtStill, Claire did her best to keep an impassive expression on her face. There was no point making Eden feel guilty about what had happened, after all, as she snuck in and watched Eden hobble on her way to the bookshelf like she'd just managed to trip over a tree branch and would be back to full health before anyone knew it. Ever if it was true, Claire still couldn't help but feel her stomach turn at the sight

[wishesandsmoke]

It wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, Eden figured, setting everything down before she leaned against the shelf. Leaving the weight off one leg only made the other hurt, so neither was in especially good shape, but she was, in all other ways, pretty much undamaged and Origami had come through just fine. Every survival was something to be appreciated, celebrated, but not reason to rest on one's laurels.

"Hey," she said warmly. "Good, great, can you hand me those books over there? I've started piling things up, but carrying them is... I don't know, I might need to replace some of them, too." Mostly they weren't too bad off, though, and she didn't know if she could even find replacements.

[lucked]

The request was one which wouldn't take much thought, and so Claire nodded quickly and wandered in the general direction Eden had nodded toward, seeing a few books strewn around that were easily gathered and carried in her arms. "Yeah, sure," she murmured quietly as she got there, voice quiet for some inexplicable reason, almost as though she was trying to hide from someone. Something. Or just trying to mask all sentiment altogether. As though not talking about it made it less real.

"Or you could just get Grigg to carry them for you. I hear that's supposed to be one of the perks of having a boyfriend," Claire replied, jokingly, as she handed the books over carefully, one by one to give her hands more to occupy themselves with.

[wishesandsmoke]

Eden laughed, setting the books neatly in place. "It can be," she said, "though it's not exactly in the top five. He'll be dropping by later, I'm sure. Fair play and all that."

She'd fussed over him to no end, scolding and sighing by turn, when he'd needed stitches for his head after the explosion at the junkyard. It was really only a matter of time, she had no doubt, before he turned up to return the favor, although her injury had been farther out of her control than his had been from his. She hadn't asked for a hurricane, after all, and he'd foolishly gone off to witness the word of someone who was clearly, if not a mad man, then, from his words, a little bit unhinged. And then he had turned out to be mad.

[nerdinacape]

Grigg knew that Eden was far from helpless, even when she was recovering from being roughed up by a hurricane. But he was a gentleman and more importantly, her boyfriend which meant that sometimes he had to act on certain impulses. Picking up speed as he entered the hut, he reached out to help her.

"Here, let me help you with those. Or anything really," he said rushing a little bit. It might be a bit overly gallant but from time to time he really couldn't help himself. It might get him scolded later, but it was worth it.

[wishesandsmoke]

"I'm fine," laughed Eden, resting a hand on the shelf as she tipped her head up to just barely kiss his cheek. It was exhausting, keeping weight off one leg only to tire out the other, but she wasn't about to let this keep her down for long. Having him here helped brighten her up some, though, a pleasant distraction from everything else. "But you can help, yes, thank you. I'm just trying to get things cleaned up some around here. It looks like a hurricane hit."

[nerdinacape]

"I know you are. I just," he bent down pausing mid-thought to give her a gentle kiss as he grabbed hold of what was in her hands, pulling it from her. Ushering her to a chair, he took a step back and surveyed the room.

"Want to help. And sure. You can sit and tell me what you want to do. I can be very handy, just so that you know."

[wishesandsmoke]

"You want me just to sit around and let you do all the work?" Eden asked, shaking her head at him with a fond smile as she eased down into the chair. She was accustomed to being the one doing everything, through no fault of his, and the idea of being the one to sit back and relax was appealing. "I know you can be handy, but your room's almost as bad as this."