Gabriel Tam (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gabriel_tam) wrote2009-07-24 10:19 pm
gabriel_tam) wrote2009-07-24 10:19 pm
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Time passes. Life goes on.
In the absence of Crowley, there's a great deal more to do these days in the way of managing certain business connections and relationships. It's not as though he's a stranger to any of it; Gabriel's years with Birnam have borne that much fruit, and a great deal more.
It's just that it all takes energy, not to mention resources.
When added to the life and strenous daily routine required of a Senator and Council member, well-- it's no surprise that Gabriel should have fallen asleep in his armchair in the den while reading the papers.
Even if he didn't mean to.
In the absence of Crowley, there's a great deal more to do these days in the way of managing certain business connections and relationships. It's not as though he's a stranger to any of it; Gabriel's years with Birnam have borne that much fruit, and a great deal more.
It's just that it all takes energy, not to mention resources.
When added to the life and strenous daily routine required of a Senator and Council member, well-- it's no surprise that Gabriel should have fallen asleep in his armchair in the den while reading the papers.
Even if he didn't mean to.
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What she wants -- what she wants, more than (almost) anything, is to be sure that her husband will still be alive in a month or a year to say I told you so to.
"This isn't careful, Gabriel." She knows there's a hint of pleading in her voice now, and she doesn't try to stifle it. (Much. She does have her pride.)
"I know you'll try, I do, but there's just no way to be careful if you're going to be touring half the Rim."
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For all that he's aware of her worry, Gabriel's determination is clear.
"And I will. Besides, if anything were to go so very wrong along the way, the rest of the trip can always be rescheduled."
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None of them will be any use, and they all boil down to the same thing: Gabriel, your version of careful doesn't satisfy anybody else -- Gabriel, listen to yourself, listen to facts, please -- Gabriel, you're going to drive yourself into a grave. He's so stubborn.
She suspects he actually thinks he's listening to her.
"If Vincent agrees that your precautions are sufficient," is what she does say, tightly and after a long pause, "then I'll agree too."
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"Xiexie ni, Regan."
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"If," she says warningly, even as she allows Gabriel to begin drawing her down the hall again.
"I'll give him a wave."