001. grain of sand

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

[ The first thing you hear is the ocean.  There is a slight fog.  Bobby remembers going outside, but he doesn't remember how long he's been on the beach.  And he begins to realize this might be a dream.  He is laying on the sand and sits up.  He wonders if this is going to turn into a nightmare or not.]

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's not like that. [But instead of a rapid, defensive response, she's simply trying to explain it better.]

It's not that clear. Some of us remember more than others. [She pauses before adding what was always important, and what she thinks was true:]

I remember.

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

I don't get these rules very well but that doesn't matter.

Uh, good for you.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[He did ask.]

Did you understand your powers even when you were small?

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

Didn't know I had them when I was small.

sorry about general slowness lately /kicks lj

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It was the same for me, this time. But now that I know, I want to understand and develop them.

it's okay, happened to everyone

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

You can do a lot with water. It's everywhere.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Including the human body, and she's made ample use of that fact.]

Even the air around us.

[A small ball of water obligingly gathers in the air in front of her.]

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

There you go.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Then, you use the Water the same way I do?

[Or something similar. Could it even be possible that he also spoke with it, relied on it, was served and protected by it?]

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

I can use it to do a lot of things, doesn't mean I know how you do it.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's more than that.

[She tries to think of how to explain, how to say it concisely.]

The Water flows inside me. It's a part of me. Mine.

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

[Umm...righttttt.]

Uh, sounds pretty hippie to me.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[And with that, he loses a great amount of her respect.]

Then there's no need for us to speak any longer. Or for me to stay here.

[She turns to go.]

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

[Well that came out of nowhere.]

All right, I guess. See ya.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She pauses before she's out of earshot, and specifies exactly where it came from, speaking over her shoulder rather than turning around.]

I don't need to be near someone who'll ridicule and insult me when they don't even understand that much.

[The water and her connection to it are important.]

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

[Bobby shrugs.]

Well I didn't mean to insult you or ridicule you. Sorry. But you shouldn't be making many assumptions about me either.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Still touchy of her pride, she gives one chance.]

Then what was that?

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

We're not the same.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I already understand that. Don't underestimate who I am.

[That's the part that belittles her, the mockery and belittling of herself.]

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

Who was doing that?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Her jaw tightens. He'd put her down immediately, and was now pretending he'd never mocked it and dismissed it at all!]

Stop pretending.

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

[Bewildered and confused]

Pretending to do what?!

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

That you didn't say anything you said.

If you want to go back, at least apologize instead.

[no-icy-limits.livejournal.com]

Look, I didn't know that I did say something that you think I said. I have NO IDEA what you're talking about. And I already did that. I didn't mean to offend you.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She calms herself, reluctantly and slowly, still eyeing him mistrustfully.]

Then, I'd rather swim. [Since they are at the beach.]