Kayden laughed too, rubbing Lucia on her back, trying to get her to breathe. "Sorry man, didn't know that a dog's thoughts would kill you that much," he chuckled. As Bolt ran out of the room, Kayden looked to Lucia, wondering what her reaction would be to what he was about to do. He leaned over and gently kissed her on the cheek, letting his lips linger there for a few moments, then slowly pulled away, watching her face out of the corner of his eye.
Lucia blushed, caught by surprised, and her breath was taken away again. Do you have to kill my breathing? I'd swear you were a Shade trying to kill me, She grinned, but her cheeks were still a light pink, and Bolt came running back in to find that the atmosphere in the room had changed. He dropped the ball of string, tilting his head to the side, confused.
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."
Kayden laughed happily, glad she hadn't pushed him away. "Don't worry, darlin', I'd never try to keel ya," he said, speaking in a Southern accent for no reason. What's going on? Stringstringstringstring I'm confused! Kayden cracked up as Bolt's thoughts entered his head. "What a crazy dog," he said, shaking his head, as he sent the hilarious words on to Lucia's mind.
Lucia giggled, "He's a puppy, of course he's crazy." She grinned at him and picked up the string, tossing it into the kitchen area. Bolt raced after it but froze in the kitchen, smelling all kinds of food. He walked around, sniffing everything, everywhere.
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."
"Oh, trust me, you're very crazy. If you weren't, you probably wouldn't be here. I mean, aren't we the definition of insane to the mortals? Not to the Shades, they just call us enemies, but to the mortals, if they knew of us, they'd call us crazy." Lucia felt like she was rambling, but she didn't care. "I mean, isn't that what's happened to every super hero who ever existed?"
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."
"Hah. Well, I would." She raised an eyebrow at him. "Doesn't trying to save the world constitute as being a hero? I mean, we have the powers too." She laughed, trying to picture her gang in tight-fitting superhero costumes.
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."
Kayden saw what Lucia was trying to imagine. "Ewww!" He laughed, nudging her. "No, man, don't make me look at that! Not cool, not cool!" He laughed and shivered, as if trying to shake it off. "Dude, Lucia, that was sick," he said, shaking his head in disgust.
Lucia burst out laughing. "You get what you ask for. And you were asking for that. Besides, we should dress up as a superhero gang for Halloween. That would be AWESOME." She was laughing despite herself. "Hey, want a hot chocolate? It's getting a bit cold." Maybe it would snow. After all, they did live quite far north of the equator. And it was getting near fall. It wasn't too strange for it to snow in fall.
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."