{"id":23575,"date":"2013-10-17T03:35:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/17\/whatsfitzwithoutsimmons-iamthefirechild-her\/"},"modified":"2013-10-17T03:35:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T03:35:34","slug":"whatsfitzwithoutsimmons-iamthefirechild-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/17\/whatsfitzwithoutsimmons-iamthefirechild-her\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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Her eyebrows rose at his quick and efficient rundown, and she folded her arms. \u201cAlso doesn\u2019t explain why you don\u2019t carry earplugs. Or how you came to be in a situation where they were going off next you. Do I get the truth now, since you\u2019ve demonstrated your competency?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lying was easier. Much easier. \u201cI\u2014\u201d he started, wiping his nose with the back of his hand. Ultimately, he knew he needed to stretch the truth. It was part of the protocol. \u201cI was brought along on a field mission. I\u2014they\u2014they needed a team of scientists, studying the residual effects of\u2026 something. Classified. Level seven clearance. And\u2026 there was a firefight. Wasn\u2019t supposed to be. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Uh-huh.” Clearly, he wasn’t telling all the truth, but if it was level seven, it wasn’t worth pressing. If she needed to know, someone would tell her. “If it can happen once, it can happen again. Come on. Let’s at least get you some ear plugs to keep around. Or,” mildly, “maybe I could see your lab?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

whatsfitzwithoutsimmons: iamthefirechild: Her eyebrows rose at his quick and efficient rundown, and she folded her arms. \u201cAlso doesn\u2019t explain why you don\u2019t carry earplugs. Or how you came to be in a situation where they were going off next you. Do I get the truth now, since you\u2019ve demonstrated your competency?\u201d Lying was easier. Much … 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":[10,2810],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23575"}],"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=23575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}