2 : The Man of Stone
Sansurei led them from the room and into the corridor which they had come down. As she opened the door, the light from the sharp halogen bulbs struck her squarely in the eyes. She winced but continued to walk down the corridor. She appeared to be counting the doors, and two doors away from the end of the corridor she pushed open the door (toxicology) and led Lina and Co. out. The room was missing half of it's walls and Sansurei just walked right out into the open air. She turned to Lina. "Miss Inverse, I am out of my depth. Now it is your turn to lead me."
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That night, they were sitting around an open fire in the trees. Lina had, on Sansurei's advice, mugged Alexi and Daxan and grabbed the other half of her payment. Sansurei watched them, Lina and Gourry fighting, as usual, over the food, and Amelia trying to stop them. She longed for civilised company, and the person here civilised enough for her was Zelgadis. She got up, walked over to him and sat down opposite him. "Irritating?" She asked. Zelgadis rolled his eyes. "Unbearable would be a better term, I think." They continued in this vein for sometime, until Zelgadis fell silent. After a while he fell asleep. In reply to Sansurei's questioning look, Lina muttered thickly "He's been walking for three days without sleep. Even Zel has to sleep sometimes." Sansurei nodded. She sat for a while, musing on how glad she was that Lina had mugged the two men instead of handing her, Sansurei, over to them. Much later, when the fire had died and Lina and Gourry were asleep, Sansurei looked at Zel's sleeping face. The she thought about her future history concerning Gourry. "How dare he think that I loved Zelgadis. He's far too blue." Then she rose and made her way to the cliff edge where the sea boomed and the salt was thick on the rocks. She had half a mind to stay with the group of travelling warriors, so she consulted her future history. "No. It would not be wise." She decided. "And besides, travelling with Zelgadis is not an option for me. I don't love him, but he could come to love me.... No. He has a heart of stone, and me, a heart of water. We are truly opposites." And with that deciding thought she jumped off the cliff and into the cool, salty water at which she was most at home. _I am eternally grateful to you, Miss Inverse, for bringing me home_ Then she breathed in the water and beat her long wings, and she was shooting off through the waves. Storms were not an obstacle to the woman of water.
Sansurei led them from the room and into the corridor which they had come down. As she opened the door, the light from the sharp halogen bulbs struck her squarely in the eyes. She winced but continued to walk down the corridor. She appeared to be counting the doors, and two doors away from the end of the corridor she pushed open the door (toxicology) and led Lina and Co. out. The room was missing half of it's walls and Sansurei just walked right out into the open air. She turned to Lina. "Miss Inverse, I am out of my depth. Now it is your turn to lead me."
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That night, they were sitting around an open fire in the trees. Lina had, on Sansurei's advice, mugged Alexi and Daxan and grabbed the other half of her payment. Sansurei watched them, Lina and Gourry fighting, as usual, over the food, and Amelia trying to stop them. She longed for civilised company, and the person here civilised enough for her was Zelgadis. She got up, walked over to him and sat down opposite him. "Irritating?" She asked. Zelgadis rolled his eyes. "Unbearable would be a better term, I think." They continued in this vein for sometime, until Zelgadis fell silent. After a while he fell asleep. In reply to Sansurei's questioning look, Lina muttered thickly "He's been walking for three days without sleep. Even Zel has to sleep sometimes." Sansurei nodded. She sat for a while, musing on how glad she was that Lina had mugged the two men instead of handing her, Sansurei, over to them. Much later, when the fire had died and Lina and Gourry were asleep, Sansurei looked at Zel's sleeping face. The she thought about her future history concerning Gourry. "How dare he think that I loved Zelgadis. He's far too blue." Then she rose and made her way to the cliff edge where the sea boomed and the salt was thick on the rocks. She had half a mind to stay with the group of travelling warriors, so she consulted her future history. "No. It would not be wise." She decided. "And besides, travelling with Zelgadis is not an option for me. I don't love him, but he could come to love me.... No. He has a heart of stone, and me, a heart of water. We are truly opposites." And with that deciding thought she jumped off the cliff and into the cool, salty water at which she was most at home. _I am eternally grateful to you, Miss Inverse, for bringing me home_ Then she breathed in the water and beat her long wings, and she was shooting off through the waves. Storms were not an obstacle to the woman of water.