...I know that it's odd for my people to celebrate the birth of a child who is the basis for the religion that had many of us hunted and tortured to our deaths and resulted in the hiding of our entire society.
I think, perhaps, we kept the custom and not the reason behind it.
[She scrunches her nose in thought.] I don't pray to anything.
Well, can't get my heartbeat back. Can't force - can't force people to like me. Got a boyfriend. Not broke yet. That's up and up as far as my life goes.
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I think, perhaps, we kept the custom and not the reason behind it.
[She scrunches her nose in thought.] I don't pray to anything.
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But do you think they pray for you? 'Cause they sure as hell don't.
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But I don't need prayer. They're usually asking for intercessions, aren't they?
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You're unhappy with your immortality?
[She'd be willing to bet he's lonely, too.]
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Nobody's immortal. I just don't get old.
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[He looks around as if making sure he wouldn't be overheard.]
My head's destined for somebody's platter, though, I promise you that.
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If it's any consolation, I don't fancy beheading you.
[Bathing him, possibly. Does he sleep on the streets?]
What do you want, then?
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I was supposed to? Look, if anybody's the arch-nemesis in the picture, it's me, I don't play the good guy. Ain't white enough.
[he shrugs.]
I dunno. Can ask for anything I won't get, right?
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You don't go in the sun, surely that qualifies you for paleness. [Also, she is lily-fair, and not a Good Guy.]
Ah, and we're back to square one. Faith.
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Ain't skin tone, it's the genetics.
Well, can't get my heartbeat back. Can't force - can't force people to like me. Got a boyfriend. Not broke yet. That's up and up as far as my life goes.
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If there's a rule that those with fair skin are the proverbial good guys, then I think someone's been messing with the rulebook.
...I'd think the good outweighs the bad, in that list.
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At the moment. Does yours?
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Let's just say the balance is very uneven.
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