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[prophesiedone]

[Anakin is nursing a burned leg - thanks, fire - looking like his usual peppy, happy self.]

Eclipse, leave it alone. [He shows a curious cat sniffing said leg and coaxes it into his lap. Another cat, one that is smaller, with a face that is almost too adorable for words follows in Eclipse's dainty footsteps, laying over Anakin's leg. There. That's better, right?]

Thank you, Ravager. [No, really. This is the terrifying Darth Vader. With a pair of sweet cats.]

I swear this is the last I do for you, Hadriel. Unless there is a burning building filled with cats, you are on your own.

[Cats > People. Obviously.]

Hux? Are you alive? [That's a nice way of checking on someone, right?] Maedhros? Fingon? What about you?

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[prophesiedone]

Doesn't mean he likes to be packed with people who are not in danger of dying. [His foster-father had lost a leg on Tatooine while pursuing Tusken Raiders. He had been able to make it back and heal up without much medical intervention. Of course that man is a boss, so.]

You're good at what you do.

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[bythewaves]

He likes it even less if you let something fester!

[ Said with the wry knowledge of someone who did exactly that ]

I am old, and well practiced at staying alive, by now.

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[prophesiedone]

Yeah. That's a nasty predicament.

[The smell. Anakin remembers seeing bad wounds that were getting worse by the hour - or so it seemed.]

I'm relieved. Dying by fire can't be pleasant.

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[bythewaves]

Go and let him look, Anakin. Everyone will worry less.

[ He flinches, memory crowding his eyes, Nelyo, Nelyo! Please don't leave me! ]

No. [ He says quietly ] I don't suppose it is.

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[prophesiedone]

Fine. [His eyes too are clouded, the golden tinge returning slowly, ominously within their depths.]

It's probably worse to live with the effects.

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[bythewaves]

You would have to ask Nelyo, that.

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[prophesiedone]

I've seen... [Oops.] He's in good shape considering all he has gone through.

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[bythewaves]

[ Maglor's eyes are haunted ]

He is strong, my brother. More than he thinks, sometimes.

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[prophesiedone]

He doesn't give himself any other choice. [Like he has to be strong for Padmé and their twins...]

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[bythewaves]

He is like that.

[ Maglor says softly ]

The eldest and the greatest of us, our commander and king. I just wish...

[ I wish he'd rely on me more ]

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[prophesiedone]

You can't ask him to change. [Padmé does that... She wants to know...what he can't put into words...] He's that way because he cares.

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[bythewaves]

I don't. I can't. I am his second, his shadow, his right hand. I just wish he would talk to me more.

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[prophesiedone]

Why not set a day or a week aside for just you and him?

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[bythewaves]

He is needed elsewhere. [ Maglor murmurs tiredly ]

I just wish he would rest, sometimes.

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[prophesiedone]

You need him. Why minimize that? [Why be a victim when you can be annoying? :D ]

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[bythewaves]

I have hurt him too much already. I can make no more demands on his time.

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[prophesiedone]

So you are determined to stay miserable? You know he likes being around you.

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[bythewaves]

[ Maglor considers that ]

I don't mind being miserable if he's well. [ He says softly ] I just... don't want to be a burden