Re-l shifted a little against the cliff. It was warm, and that made her a little sleepy. Her concentration wavered.
"Like I said, I think the proxy had a death wish. He probably made it easy for Vincent on-"
The rattling pebble stopped her in her tracks and her attention snapped back to the cliff. She pushed herself up and hurried to edge of the ledge. Her eyes scanned the situation desperately, but she couldn't move out onto the ledge. She'd just get in the way. Pressing herself against the cliff, she held out her hand towards Gabriel.
"Look at me!" Her eyes focused on him, full of the same determination as her voice. "Take a step. Don't look down. Keep looking at me. I can almost reach you."
She needed to keep his attention and so she began to talk about the first thing that came into her head, just for something to say.
"Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the strangest thing that ever happened to me was - well it was before I came here. I told you about Daedalus. He was the man who raised and created me. The Chief of the Medical Bureau. But in the end he didn't much like how I turned out. So he used cells, from Monad Proxy, to make a clone. I never met her, but I saw her. I admit, it surprised me. I never thought Daedalus would go so far. But then she didn't look very much like me. She had white hair, and gold eyes, and wings. Like a real angel. Daedalus certainly thought so. But then she went off after Vincent. She left Daedalus, just like I had. He never forgave either of us, right to the end." She swallowed, her throat drying out. "Stupid, wasn't it?"
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Re-l shifted a little against the cliff. It was warm, and that made her a little sleepy. Her concentration wavered.
"Like I said, I think the proxy had a death wish. He probably made it easy for Vincent on-"
The rattling pebble stopped her in her tracks and her attention snapped back to the cliff. She pushed herself up and hurried to edge of the ledge. Her eyes scanned the situation desperately, but she couldn't move out onto the ledge. She'd just get in the way. Pressing herself against the cliff, she held out her hand towards Gabriel.
"Look at me!" Her eyes focused on him, full of the same determination as her voice. "Take a step. Don't look down. Keep looking at me. I can almost reach you."
She needed to keep his attention and so she began to talk about the first thing that came into her head, just for something to say.
"Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the strangest thing that ever happened to me was - well it was before I came here. I told you about Daedalus. He was the man who raised and created me. The Chief of the Medical Bureau. But in the end he didn't much like how I turned out. So he used cells, from Monad Proxy, to make a clone. I never met her, but I saw her. I admit, it surprised me. I never thought Daedalus would go so far. But then she didn't look very much like me. She had white hair, and gold eyes, and wings. Like a real angel. Daedalus certainly thought so. But then she went off after Vincent. She left Daedalus, just like I had. He never forgave either of us, right to the end." She swallowed, her throat drying out. "Stupid, wasn't it?"