[You know what? The whip damn near joined that gun on the floor just now. It's only on his belt because of fourteen years' training, and he's already running towards her as he's making sure it's secure there.
She's alive. Vita is alive, and radiant and alive and -]
I'm not dreaming, am I?
[His voice is doing that Marlene Dietrich as a man thing again, gone all husky instead of going strangled. He's stopped in front of her with one hand raised, stopped just short of touching her cheek, as though he's afraid she'll vanish if he does.]
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[You know what? The whip damn near joined that gun on the floor just now. It's only on his belt because of fourteen years' training, and he's already running towards her as he's making sure it's secure there.
She's alive. Vita is alive, and radiant and alive and -]
I'm not dreaming, am I?
[His voice is doing that Marlene Dietrich as a man thing again, gone all husky instead of going strangled. He's stopped in front of her with one hand raised, stopped just short of touching her cheek, as though he's afraid she'll vanish if he does.]