load_aim_shoot: (general lean thoughtful)
A. Rama Raju ([personal profile] load_aim_shoot) wrote in [community profile] singillatim 2024-09-18 01:12 pm (UTC)

Francis isn't meeting his eyes. Raju makes himself do Francis the courtesy of looking away from him to try to fill Fitzjames in. "There are two kinds, that I know of. The kind during the auroras are the most..."

What word to use? 'Dangerous' doesn't suit, but it doesn't feel wrong, either. Raju sighs, giving up on finding a single word to describe the whole of it. "People can sometimes... do..." He glances at Francis, who would be more comfortable speaking the bizarre into being by explaining it. But Francis has asked for a moment to himself in the most dignified way that he can, and Raju is going to give it to him. He focuses on Fitzjames again, arms crossed over his chest, frowning. "Strange things, afterward. Useful things, I... suppose. Sometimes. But hardly worth the trouble. You'll know it by the voice you hear when you're awake. But they don't happen very often. Twice since I've come, I think, and I've been here quite some time."

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