Apr 2, The Crystal Palace: Statuesque

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:48 am

After his conversation with Vicky, Taliesin knelt in front of the statue of Sara Stanton, his eyes closed, his head bowed.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:53 am

"I didn't think she'd put one of me in here..." Sara quietly admits after having walked up and standing there, silently, for who knows how long.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:55 am

"There's a lot of things we don't know about her," he said, not opening his eyes. "She's a complicated woman."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:00 am

"I guess this is the closest thing to a grave I'll get..." sounding like she's not entirely sure how she should feel about that.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:03 am

Will finally stood up. "It isn't right. I'm sorry..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:04 am

"What happened to the... the rest of me?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:09 am

"I went back and looked, but...well, I couldn't really tell..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:12 am

She nods slowly.

"I understand..."

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:15 am

"It was several days later, and it wasn't the best of weather, either...it was pretty much hopeless."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:21 am

"It's okay. I don't need a grave as long as there are people who remember me." she smiles sadly. "It is just weird that my 'memorial' stands in a magic palace of someone I always thought kind of hated me."

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:22 am

"She offered us sanctuary, you know," he said, after a moment. "We didn't take it."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:26 am

"And now you regret that you didn't?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:27 am

Will sighed. "No. No, I don't. There's a great number of people alive today because we didn't..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:32 am

Sara stays quiet for a while.

"It was the right decision." she finally says.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:43 am

"Yeah....I guess," he sighed. "I just don't know if it was worth the cost."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:45 am

"How could you have known. It's not like you made a trade."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:46 am

"Yeah..." Will said, awkwardly fingering his pendant.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:49 am

"And I'm sure I didn't consider hiding here all that much either, right?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:52 am

"You wouldn't even consider it," Will smiled. "I had to play devil's advocate."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:28 am

"See?" she smiles.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:50 am

"See what?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:05 am

"That it wasn't a mistake."

"I just want you to stop blaming yourself a little at least..." she adds after a moment.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:05 pm

"How can I? No one else was there."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:17 pm

"Sometimes things just... happen and there's no one to blame."

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:21 pm

Will was silent for a long beat.

"If I had had my way, there'd be a statue of me in here, next to you."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:23 pm

"Will that's an awful thought!"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:28 pm

"I can't help it...it was what I was thinking..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:32 pm

"Well thank god you didn't do it!"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:35 pm

"How would I even do it, Sara? I think that was the stumbling block, then. I don't need to breathe, I don't need to eat, I don't age, my body can regenerate itself faster than I can get rid of it...how would I do it?

Now, of course, things are different, but then?..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:42 pm

"That's the only reason you didn't do it?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:43 pm

"Immediately afterwards? Yes. Yes, it was."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:44 pm

"And what would Robin have done then?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:46 pm

"Because I was really thinking rationally at the time, I did consider that, yes," he sighed, taking the edge off the sarcasm.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:48 pm

"Sorry..."

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:51 pm

"I really haven't told anyone that before..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:55 pm

"But you're over those thoughts now, right?"

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:56 pm

"I couldn't leave Robin, even if I could."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:00 pm

She nods. "I don't care how though she has become, she's still so young. You know, relatively." she adds with a glance down at her belly.

by **Taliesin** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:03 pm

"Many younger and less tough than her have lost everything.

Doesn't make it right, of course."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:23 pm

"Seems like there isn't much 'right' to be found here either way..." she sighs.

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