( snagging a yellow highlighter, ash fills in missouri's shape on the map. he even goes so far to circle the little dot on the bordering side with kansas labeled kansas city, and writes ) Home. ( in his blocky, presidential script.
it, and his following note, are tucked into the cd case of blink-182's enema of the state. )
Ash Colchester, at your service. I like rooming with you, Alia.
( it comes with a lot of frogs, yes, but also a lot of cute gifts. )
[The map is examined, turned every which way, the lines of the area (the state, a method of defining territory that seems laughable to a girl used to thinking in constellations and galaxies), traced carefully. She likes this CD perhaps the best, listens to it eardrum-aching loud as she lounges in bed.
There's no note the next time -- instead it's Alia herself, perched on the counter, meticulously painting her toes crimson, bent close over her task. She's focused, tongue poking out the corner of her mouth, the strap of her white-and-blue pajama top slipping down over her shoulder as she paints. When Ash enters, she looks up with intent, wide-set eyes for a long, still moment, like a deer in the woods.
Then she smiles, all teeth.] You look like I thought you would, Ash Colchester.
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it, and his following note, are tucked into the cd case of blink-182's enema of the state. )
Ash Colchester, at your service. I like rooming with you, Alia.
( it comes with a lot of frogs, yes, but also a lot of cute gifts. )
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There's no note the next time -- instead it's Alia herself, perched on the counter, meticulously painting her toes crimson, bent close over her task. She's focused, tongue poking out the corner of her mouth, the strap of her white-and-blue pajama top slipping down over her shoulder as she paints. When Ash enters, she looks up with intent, wide-set eyes for a long, still moment, like a deer in the woods.
Then she smiles, all teeth.] You look like I thought you would, Ash Colchester.