August 7, 2010
Episode 36: Explanations
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"Coltan, where is..."
Coltan raised his uninjured hand. "He's fine Catherine, he's fine. Your friend from last night took him to the physician."
Catherine's face strained with worry. "I should go to him, help him..." She moved quickly to the door before Coltan grabbed her shoulder.
"What he has to do, he must do..alone, Catherine." He moved her to the bed and she sat down.
"I'm so confused! What happened last night? What happened to me?"
Coltan sat beside her. "I'm not sure if I could, or even should tell you. It's a complex thing and I'm not even..."
Catherine turned and held Coltan's injured hand. A slight twitch caused her to to let go.
"Sorry. I NEED to know Coltan. With Richard off on his own thing, he's left me here all alone..." Tears start to well up in her eyes.
"Look child, I'm not...really...good with emotional people..." He nervously gave her back a half-pat.
"Here's what I know about your kind. You are creatures of the earth that are sustained by the earth. Beetles, worms, and other...things..." He shivered visibly. "Newly reborn rev's like you only have a small reserve and when you got upset, it almost got used up."
"So I could have...what...re-died?!"
"Not sure if you could call it that, but a bigger problem occurs when the reserves get used up beyond a certain point."
"Then what?"
"Wildlings. Uncontrollable, devastating, and damn near unstoppable."
They both sat silent for a few minutes.
"I don't remember anything like that..."
"Be glad about that. We got you up into the room and Richard performed a type of ceremony that transferred some of his reserve to you. It took a lot out of him."
She turn and stared at Coltan through her tears. "But he'll be alright though, right?"
He couldn't look at her. "I'm told that a rev's reserve can only be filled a certain number of times. Richard is VERY old. I don't think..."
Catherine stood up and slapped Coltan's face. "Don't you even DARE think such a thing..." Realizing her reaction, she turned away and sobbed in her hands.
Coltan stood up, rubbed his cheek and embraced her softly....
Coltan raised his uninjured hand. "He's fine Catherine, he's fine. Your friend from last night took him to the physician."
Catherine's face strained with worry. "I should go to him, help him..." She moved quickly to the door before Coltan grabbed her shoulder.
"What he has to do, he must do..alone, Catherine." He moved her to the bed and she sat down.
"I'm so confused! What happened last night? What happened to me?"
Coltan sat beside her. "I'm not sure if I could, or even should tell you. It's a complex thing and I'm not even..."
Catherine turned and held Coltan's injured hand. A slight twitch caused her to to let go.
"Sorry. I NEED to know Coltan. With Richard off on his own thing, he's left me here all alone..." Tears start to well up in her eyes.
"Look child, I'm not...really...good with emotional people..." He nervously gave her back a half-pat.
"Here's what I know about your kind. You are creatures of the earth that are sustained by the earth. Beetles, worms, and other...things..." He shivered visibly. "Newly reborn rev's like you only have a small reserve and when you got upset, it almost got used up."
"So I could have...what...re-died?!"
"Not sure if you could call it that, but a bigger problem occurs when the reserves get used up beyond a certain point."
"Then what?"
"Wildlings. Uncontrollable, devastating, and damn near unstoppable."
They both sat silent for a few minutes.
"I don't remember anything like that..."
"Be glad about that. We got you up into the room and Richard performed a type of ceremony that transferred some of his reserve to you. It took a lot out of him."
She turn and stared at Coltan through her tears. "But he'll be alright though, right?"
He couldn't look at her. "I'm told that a rev's reserve can only be filled a certain number of times. Richard is VERY old. I don't think..."
Catherine stood up and slapped Coltan's face. "Don't you even DARE think such a thing..." Realizing her reaction, she turned away and sobbed in her hands.
Coltan stood up, rubbed his cheek and embraced her softly....
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