Early Morning Rain
Rated T for discussion of potentially sensitive subjects.
War of the Worlds (tv & 1953 film): Norton Drake, Paul Ironhorse, Mention of Dr. Harrison Blackwood, Norton's perspective
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Morning, Big Guy. Looks like we're not going to get that sun today.
Yeah, I know Harrison needs some sun, he's getting real grumpy and that dang six and one sleep schedule of hhis is no help.
Yeah, I think you're right and he just trying to convince himself that he's not an insominac. Too bad it's not working.
You really think it goes back to losing his parents? I couldn 't tell you; I only knew him at the Institute. I do know it got worse after Clayton Forrester died.
Yeah, I agree that losing the only father you've known for most of your childhood is gonna do that. And Clayton's having committed suicide didn't help any either. That's why Harrison hates guns so much. He thinks that if there wasn't a gun in the house Clayton would still be alive.
I do agree with you there; Clayton would have found another way, a way that might have left him worse off.
A coma's worse off, Big Guy. You're not dead but you're not really living. Or conscious but severely brain damaged.
Yeah, I get the willies even thinking about Doc or Suzanne in that situation. I know we have to prepare for that possibility but...
I'm sorry you've had to deal with that, Big Guy. Your guys were practically family; it's natural for you to hurt for them.
Nah, I've never been in the military; an earthquake when I was a baby put me in this chair. Sometimes I've regretted that I never got the chance. But there's no use obsessing about it.
Wow, that was close! You think we should get away fron the window?
I thinkn you're right; it's a little late for that. Want some coffee?