{"id":28530,"date":"2013-04-24T03:46:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T03:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/04\/24\/running-iamthefirechild-9\/"},"modified":"2013-04-24T03:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T03:46:45","slug":"running-iamthefirechild-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/04\/24\/running-iamthefirechild-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Running || iamthefirechild"},"content":{"rendered":"

supercilious-pariah<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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

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\u201cI thought you were supposed to be a genius.\u201d She folded her arms, in turn, and repeated slowly, \u201cI\u2019m an empath. Think about that for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay, so she could see where a man like him would jump to the personal immediately. But he\u2019d created weapons \u2014 including the Iron Man suit. So it really shouldn\u2019t be that hard for him to see the offensive and defensive possibilities inherent in the ability he knew about.<\/p>\n

It hadn\u2019t been for her. And that was a thought that still hurt.<\/p>\n

Sensing a potential attack long before it got within striking distance. Deflecting lone madmen. The chance to place absolute trust in everyone around \u2014 and to know when that trust was no longer warranted. No nightmares or insomnia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMaybe that\u2019s one of my well kept secrets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaybe you\u2019ll figure it out one day, hm?\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t want to admit it, but talking to her was actually making him feel\u2026 better. Not to admit that he was even feeling back in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, no, I can see the tactical advantages of being an empath\u2026. But\u2026 I mean, would you really want to put yourself around someone like me? Pretty sure I\u2019ve been told my mood is a\u00a0roller-coaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She snorted a laugh. “That’s a secret you couldn’t keep if you wanted to.” Her arms relaxed into a twined clasp, fingers wound together, and she regarded him seriously again. “I think you are no worse, in that way, than growing up without shields in a small town. If I can survive that … ” She shrugged, carelessly. “And as I said — you’re needed. In the face of that, what matter my small wants? Besides,” a small smile curved her mouth, lighting her eyes, “you’re enjoying this.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

supercilious-pariah: iamthefirechild: \u201cI thought you were supposed to be a genius.\u201d She folded her arms, in turn, and repeated slowly, \u201cI\u2019m an empath. Think about that for a second.\u201d Okay, so she could see where a man like him would jump to the personal immediately. But he\u2019d created weapons \u2014 including the Iron Man suit. … Continue reading Running || iamthefirechild<\/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":[10,3221,3220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28530"}],"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=28530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}