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StevieG
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Not quite, CH.
Just noticed Av's post come through as I was typing this - also not quite right
So although he benefited from her good advice, he didn't really need it.He treasured her advice too much to let her die.
Although he was sometimes hard-pressed to interpret it. Her wish for his ruin was so palpable that he had to be extraordinarily careful in how he sifted her insights, what valence he assigned to her pronouncements. As a result, his encounters with her were a challenge which he found profoundly stimulating.
In truth, he could almost certainly have afforded to let her die any time during the past half century. He liked talking to his mother; he profited from her advice. But he could have done without it.
Just noticed Av's post come through as I was typing this - also not quite right
Hugs and sh!t ~ lucimay
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Yes, I'll give that one to you
So, one moreHe kept Norna Fasner alive precisely because she wished him ill with such steady virulence; also because ... ... ; and finally because she kept him on his toes. Otherwise he was inclined to forget that he was mortal.
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Cord Hurn, you are the man of the moment!!!
Over to you CH
What an utter prickHe kept Norna Fasner alive precisely because she wished him ill with such steady virulence; also because he took pleasure in her utter helplessness; and finally because she kept him on his toes. Otherwise he was inclined to forget that he was mortal.
Over to you CH
Hugs and sh!t ~ lucimay
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I think you're right ~ TheFallen
yeesh, this is pretty much a two man game at this point!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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StevieG
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Probably an easy one but...
In one of my favourite moments of the Gap series, Sorus waits for a specific moment until she smokes Milos Taverner with her impact pistol, and ...
In one of my favourite moments of the Gap series, Sorus waits for a specific moment until she smokes Milos Taverner with her impact pistol, and ...
What moment was she waiting for?His skull exploded like a smashed melon.
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I think you're right ~ TheFallen
big enough to give thee cover.
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Ding ding!! Congrats Sky, that is correct.
Over to you SkyTrumpet had set herself behind a substantial piece of rock, obviously trying to block Calm Horizons' fire. The asteroid was four times the size of the gap scout. Was it big enough to protect the ship from a super-light proton blast? Just one?
Yes.
Good.
Sorus wondered how long she would have to hold her breath. Then she knew.
The defensive's proton gun blasted. Without transition the asteroid shattered, hailing shards like shrapnel at the gap scout. Trumpet's shields held. She survived.
But now she had no cover. As soon as Calm Horizons recharged her cannon, Trumpet was finished.
'Captain!' scan called, 'the cruiser's increased her rate of fire. Matter cannon, lasers, torpedoes - she's throwing everything she has at Calm Horizons!'
Trying to defend Trumpet.
Fine.
Now.
Sorus let herself breathe.
'Oh, Milos,' she murmured sweetly. 'Milos Taverner, you lump of Amnion shit. I have something for you.'
Her tone must have touched a nerve in the human residue of his mind, at an atavistic instinct for panic. Despite his growing inflexibility, he turned sharply, nearly flung himself around to face her. His fingers danced on hhis SCRT.
In one motion Sorus swept up her impact pistol and fired straight at his face.
Hugs and sh!t ~ lucimay
I think you're right ~ TheFallen
I think you're right ~ TheFallen
