I10DT - As the Crow Flies

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:15 pm

"Thing is, it more or less was forced on me. I can see shades of this, in how my shifting first emerged."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:35 pm

"But there always was the allure of a way back to 'normal', no? I sure know I would have been longing for that had it been possible."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:46 pm

"I don't doubt, but you're beautiful, love."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:03 pm

"Sometimes it takes a while to realize that, aye?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:07 pm

"Aye, and sometimes it takes years of trying to be normal to question if that's what you really want."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:12 pm

"I'm just glad that I wasn't pushing something on you that you didn't want..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:13 pm

"Are you really worried about that still?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:44 pm

"Not anymore, no."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:49 pm

"I'll admit, I was... rather afraid of losing you. I needed something that worked and... it just struck me that if I kept on with it being good for you, but not for me, we'd be having that fight again."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:07 pm

"Yet over there it wasn't good for either of us. It... took us where we needed to go, I suppose."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:10 pm

"It seemed cruel of me, hypocritical, not to finally give what you were saying a chance."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:16 pm

"An awfully big risk but I'm glad you trusted me."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:17 pm

"I haven't regretted it. That's vindication enough, aye? No matter what anyone says about me."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:23 pm

"Has anybody else said something?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:23 pm

"Seems apropos to mention, after our conversation with Will, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:30 pm

"I suppose. But it didn't seem like you took his lack of understanding that hard."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:34 pm

"I was trying not to. I value his opinions, though."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:38 pm

"Thinking back on myself when I first started college... Why? No offense to Will, he's one of the good ones, but he has a lot to learn."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:42 pm

"And now I find myself wishing all the more that I'd known you when we were younger."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:46 pm

"I'm rather glad you missed my various phases of pretentiousness and self-loathing."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:47 pm

"You think I was much better?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:48 pm

"From what I've seen? Yes, somewhat." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:50 pm

"What's your evidence, here?" She smirked.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:45 pm

"I vaguely remember a day spend as our obnoxious teenage selves."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:45 pm

"And I recall I rather was obnoxious, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:55 pm

"Or so I thought at the time anyway."

"Then again I think part of that was that we were trying hard not to think about why we were sleeping in the same bed." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:02 pm

"Neither of us was thinking in that direction then, aye?"

"And I'm still not seeing how I was better behaved than you."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:10 pm

"You didn't jump out of any windows for one. Though I might be a little overly critical of my pseudo-goth self."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:10 pm

"You've wings. I hadn't figured those out at that stage."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:16 pm

"You could hardly call that 'flight'."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:17 pm

"I can call it 'better than I would have managed.'"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:24 am

"Fair enough. Still, early college me might have been better to be around." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:13 am

"I would have liked that, I think."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:41 am

"Might have saved me some time on certain realizations."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:50 am

"And my field of study was comparative religion."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:01 am

"Now you're just pulling my leg. Seriously?" she laughs.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:03 am

"Seriously. Who'd have thought it would have so many practical uses?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:08 am

"Probably not even your teachers if they were honest."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:12 am

"Wouldn't have minded knowing more mutants when I was in university, though. It was a bit lonely, after going to the school in Salem."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:30 am

"That's one way to put it. Then again, you probably had less problems somewhat fitting in."

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