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Post by Echo on Feb 7, 2013 0:47:42 GMT
"Sorry I woke you..." Katara said, sheepishly. But she made no attempts to get off the floor.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2013 12:45:52 GMT
Damien stood up and reached a hand down to Katara.
"Do not apologise for something that you cannot help and to be honest I was half-asleep anyway" He told her with a small smile on his face.
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Post by Echo on Feb 7, 2013 17:37:45 GMT
Katara gratefully took the offered hand and stood up. Her leg felt stiff, but definitely better than it had. She sat down on the bed to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on it. "How long was I asleep?"
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2013 18:19:00 GMT
Damien made to look at his watch but remembered that he wasn't wearing one any more.
"By my estimation you've had about an hour of sleep. I heard you murmuring about a flower then you called someone's name which I couldn't make out as your face was in the pillow then you feel out of the bed"
Damien gently examined Katara's leg and the bandages.
"Does your leg feel stiff at all?"
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Post by Echo on Feb 7, 2013 18:44:35 GMT
"Uh, yeah, a little. Is that good or bad?" Katara felt a little anxious. To the best of her knowledge, she hadn't talked in her sleep since she was a child at the Academy. It was worrying to think that she might be doing it again. The scholars had suggested it was because of emotional trauma. That never sounded like a good thing.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2013 18:48:59 GMT
"It's good, it means that your muscles are nearly finished healing up then just a little more time and your leg will be as good as new"
Damien placed his hand cautiously onto Katara's shoulder.
"Are you sure that you are okay? You look quite badly shaken by what's happened"
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Post by Echo on Feb 7, 2013 19:23:31 GMT
"I'll be fine. I... It's just..." Katara sighed. She knew she didn't know Damien, but something about him made her trust him. "I got ripped out of my home world, at a really bad time, and I ended up at HQ. There were tests, and... I d'no what they did. I was sedated for most of it, just replaying those last few moments at home over and over again in my mind. When they brought me 'round again, they told me that if I worked for them, they'd get me back home." Katara closed her eyes. She could still see his face. "I think I knew then that they were lying, but hope can be a very powerful thing." She opened her eyes again and looked directly into Damien's. "I think they sent me here to find you because they knew I wouldn't be able to get back, and it was the cleanest way to get rid of me. The nagging inconvenience, reminding them what they did." There was a deep sadness in her eyes.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2013 19:42:14 GMT
Damien sat on the bed beside her and slipped his arm around her to comfort her. The sadness in Katara's eyes reminded him a lot of Kina and his own eyes during their first quest together.
"I was ripped from my home world by a portal as well; that's how I came to be on Earth but when I arrived it was a dark time for humanity. I appeared during the First World War, a bloody and horrific time for a lot of people. I had been taken from my son and my lover as well, I could never marry her not even in secret as no one dared go against the teachings of Orholam; our God. I fought through that war but even with my powers I could not save all of my comrades"
A tear rolled down his cheek as he remembered all those night raids when he was unable to draft and having to fight hand to hand with German soldier after German soldier.
"I survived but with a lot of painful memories which scarred me deeply. I spent years with the Allied armies trying to help them improve their weapons but none of them believed a war would come again. During the Great Depression I did everything I could to help my fellow man not just in England but across the globe. Then well the Second World War came."
He took a moment to steady himself and surpress the memories but he knew his hand was shaking.
"If you've read my file then you know what happened to me during that war which has made me even more 'unique'. Being with the QA has tested me as lot as a person but made me realise one thing above all else; we can accomplish great things if we set our minds to them. They may not have sent you straight home but I am glad that they sent you to help me and when we get back to HQ then I'll see to you getting sent back to where you belong"
Damien remembered questing with Lexi in the Pokemon World.
"I do have one or two friends who may be able to help you"
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Post by Echo on Feb 7, 2013 20:07:25 GMT
Katara took her head off his shoulder and looked at Damien as if she was seeing into his very soul, and she knew he was telling her the truth. She nodded, and smiled at him.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2013 21:52:51 GMT
Damien smiled back at her.
"Now will you be alright sleeping on the bed or should I put some bedding on the floor just in case you fall out again?"
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