( braver than all them. the words never fit nat — a jacket that's a little too tight, or a pair of jeans that pinch. she doesn't feel brave, she feels inevitable. someone was eventually going to have to do something. that it was her is just the way of things — natalie climbs the mountain, natalie takes on the cold. the bravest thing about her is that she doesn't care what happens to her one way or the other, so it might as well be the girl with nothing who does the thing that makes the change. she has nothing to lose. )
okay. if you trust her talk to her.
he said a lot of weird shit. we don't need to prepare for what comes next, he said. what we are is fighting what we'll become. and uh what needs keeping will be kept. and what needs breaking will be broken. some other shit too probably.
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You're braver than all of 'em. And I'm gonna protect you.
I can talk to Buffy. I'm a vampire, remember? She's seen stranger things than this spooky shapeshifter house.
Did that reverend bloke tell you anything else?
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okay. if you trust her
talk to her.
he said a lot of weird shit. we don't need to prepare for what comes next, he said.
what we are is fighting what we'll become. and uh
what needs keeping will be kept. and what needs breaking will be broken.
some other shit too probably.
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Love a creep full of philosophical riddles. Can't say I'm looking forward to seeing him again.
You been out to the boundaries yet?