Now take it in, but don't look down

MAEA

She smiled, shaking her head. "Oh, I'll think of something. Or just throw the idea out there, make Sunjata work for once." The good kind of work, the one he was supposed to do, rather than hunt dragons or start fights. Possibly this boxing ring would be good for him too.

Again, Loren took her words and spun them off in the wrong direction. Maea wondered if he knew how much it hurt to have her attempts to help rejected so constantly, sometimes brutally beaten down like her words didn't matter at all. She had no retorts for him this time, just bowed her head over the journal that lay closed in her lap, not knowing what to say.

But it seemed she didn't have to, really, because Loren began to speak instead. Told her to settle in for a long story... and frankly, when were they ever short, or easy? It seemed all her boys had their luggage to carry, and Maea supposed she was the good listener kind.

So, she nodded. And listened, as he went on. Her attention was unerring, eyes keen and alert; the kind of look that assured that she was indeed focused, and he could just go on. She wouldn't interrupt.

I'm an angel bored like hell
And you're a devil meaning well

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