inhotwater | ACE ATTORNEY AU

[oof...]

Just...rest. We'll talk about this when you've had more time to recover, alright?

[...]

Mhm.

[He'd. Prefer not to, honestly. But he'll take this out, for now.]

[this is not a situation where it would help to talk about it. Edward is still healing from his stroke--it's only been a few days. And Elijah knows about being the calm between two very passionate people--that was most of being the third part to Oswald and Gertrude as soon as their son hit puberty.]

[Edward sleeps, a little while longer. The next time he wakes up... well, honestly, he feels pretty miserable. His head still feels fuzzy and there's an awful cold in his stomach.

...The second probably being more emotional than anything else.

He's just, going to sit up. And see if there's anyone hanging around.]

[Elijah is still there, sitting at the edge of the bed.

And Butch is sitting in a chair with his feet propped up, snoring quietly. It's dark out, which can be seen from the small window.

As he sits up, Elijah glances over]

Ah. Good evening.

[Edward... glances Elijah's way, briefly, before looking back over at Butch.

Hm.

...]

...Evening.

How are you feeling?

...Fine.

[Just, sitting up a little more. Looking around a little more. Getting a better view of the room.]

[that'll gain an arched eyebrow]

Are you looking for something?

Just... my stuff.

Your stuff? Well, your duffle bag is there--[and he gestures to it] Though you're not really in the condition to be moving around.

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[He looks over. Right... okay. Right.

Then he glances over at his arm. IV and heart monitor, looks like. So he can't exactly move over there easily.]

...I will be if I can just get these off...

[....ah.]

Edward... [he's not mad. he's just disappointed :(]

I just need to turn the heart monitor off first, or it's going to make too much noise.

[what disappointment? hm?]

[Elijah has a pensive, slightly concerned look on his face]

...may I ask a question?

[he'll pause at that, at least]

...What?

What is going to happen if you don't leave right now?

I don't know. And I'm not sticking around to find out.

[he doesn't want to bite right now]

I'm done.

Then--what does happen if you leave right now?

Well, for one, I could get out of here before anyone knows otherwise.

And I can just... go back to the way things were.

And...what's to stop you from doing that after you're released?

My own impatience.

Is this going somewhere or what? [He leans over towards the monitor. If he can just turn this off, it shouldn't make any noise...] I don't need a lecture.

[Elijah considers]

...I'm sorry that you've been let down again.

Don't be. It's my own fault for expecting otherwise.

[And... there. Okay, heart monitor off.

...Almost like he's done this before.]

And now I know better.

[he just...frowns, a little]

I suppose so.

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