{"id":18497,"date":"2013-12-20T02:29:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/12\/20\/sirpercivalofcamelot-iamthefirechild-2\/"},"modified":"2013-12-20T02:29:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T02:29:55","slug":"sirpercivalofcamelot-iamthefirechild-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/12\/20\/sirpercivalofcamelot-iamthefirechild-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

sirpercivalofcamelot<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Blindly, drowning in his loyalty and caring, Summer held on to Percival. She didn\u2019t have either the heart or the energy to say no, to tell him that she couldn\u2019t quite believe him. He believed, so strongly, all she could do was nod, helplessly. \u201cIt\u2019s not your fault,\u201d she managed to say. And, \u201cIf you think it will help.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the drop behind her still beckoned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Percival slowly began to get up, taking Summer\u2019s hand. \u201cCome on, we\u2019ll have your things moved right now. You\u2019ll have the guest knight\u2019s room, right between Mordred\u2019s and mine, we\u2019ll find another one of those elsewhere.\u201d He didn\u2019t think pointing out all the things he\u2019d done wrong would help, so ignored her first statement. \u201cEveryone will be glad to be closer to you. I\u2019ll carry your favorite things myself, is that alright?\u201d He knew this problem wasn\u2019t going to vanish with a few kindnesses. Percival would quietly inform Mordred and the other most trustworthy close friends of Summer of the requirement for continued support. There was certainly more he didn\u2019t know yet, but he reassured himself that it would come in time. And whatever it was, it would not rob him of his friendship and loyalty. \u201cWatch your step, this tower\u2019s always been a bit rickety.\u201d Releasing her hand, he rubbed the tears from his own eyes before holding her face and wiping her\u2019s away gently with his thumbs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She let him lead her down from the tower; let him help her gather up her few things: some books, some dresses, her small physician’s gear. Her voice shook still when she asked, “What will the King think? I can’t just — ” She faltered to a stop, staring down at the cloak in her hands, and the tears rose up again, closing her throat.\u00a0I don’t belong here. This isn’t — my family — no one cares. No one will care.\u00a0<\/em>She sat down, hands fisting around the fabric, despair rising up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

sirpercivalofcamelot: iamthefirechild: Blindly, drowning in his loyalty and caring, Summer held on to Percival. She didn\u2019t have either the heart or the energy to say no, to tell him that she couldn\u2019t quite believe him. He believed, so strongly, all she could do was nod, helplessly. \u201cIt\u2019s not your fault,\u201d she managed to say. And, … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,1385,2024,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18497"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}