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Not Quite OOM
Mar. 25th, 2012 06:11 pmIt's about space and time.
And how neither pass, when you spend your days in Milliways.
And nights.
And mornings.
And evenings.
Rachel copes. She doesn't live, she doesn't thrive. She just copes. Gymnastics and magazines and people who pass in and out of the door. The occasional trip to the Labyrinth - with company - and the effort she goes to in order to make sure no one notices just how often she walks into it herself.
Sleeping in a bed with a hawk perched nearby, pretending she can't feel the way he watches her.
Pretending she has nothing to hide from him, not anymore.
But today?
Today Rachel is swimming in the lake. It's a good day for it. Nice and sunny, even outside the Caribbean beach. The water is cool but it's easy to get used to. And Bar even gave her a nice one piece.
And how neither pass, when you spend your days in Milliways.
And nights.
And mornings.
And evenings.
Rachel copes. She doesn't live, she doesn't thrive. She just copes. Gymnastics and magazines and people who pass in and out of the door. The occasional trip to the Labyrinth - with company - and the effort she goes to in order to make sure no one notices just how often she walks into it herself.
Sleeping in a bed with a hawk perched nearby, pretending she can't feel the way he watches her.
Pretending she has nothing to hide from him, not anymore.
But today?
Today Rachel is swimming in the lake. It's a good day for it. Nice and sunny, even outside the Caribbean beach. The water is cool but it's easy to get used to. And Bar even gave her a nice one piece.
