Anita looks up at Damian, and realizes she can feel sorrow coming off him in waves. She's still emotionally plugged into him, much as he is, well, physically 'plugged into' her.
"Okay, everybody out of the pool," she says, nudging both Nathaniel and Damian away from her. She felt Nathaniel skip right past sorrow and into panic with those words, and she put a hand on his side reassuringly. "It's all right, Nathaniel. You didn't do anything wrong. We're all right."
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Date: 2009-10-05 04:57 am (UTC)"Okay, everybody out of the pool," she says, nudging both Nathaniel and Damian away from her. She felt Nathaniel skip right past sorrow and into panic with those words, and she put a hand on his side reassuringly. "It's all right, Nathaniel. You didn't do anything wrong. We're all right."