{"id":35577,"date":"2012-07-29T02:35:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T02:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/29\/inner-flame-closed-rp-9\/"},"modified":"2012-07-29T02:35:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T02:35:17","slug":"inner-flame-closed-rp-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/29\/inner-flame-closed-rp-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Flame | Closed RP"},"content":{"rendered":"

liesmith-loki<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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liesmith-loki<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cCats are. They may seem standoffish, but once one has claimed you, it\u2019s up to you not to break that trust. They aren\u2019t,\u201d she hesitated, searching for the right word, \u201cintelligent. Not the way we are. They can\u2019t understand, if we hurt them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helios increased the volume of his purr, narrowing his eyes to slits. \u201cBut they understand our emotions,\u201d she continued softly. \u201cHelios is saying, don\u2019t hurt, I\u2019m here, I care. Maybe that\u2019s why Macrowafter came to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki was staring down at the cat with a look of perplexed concentration, his hand still moving with calculated care over the silky fur\u2014he found he had no answer for a long moment, and instead focused on the cat.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026I found Macrowafter in an alley. \u00a0He was hurt. \u00a0I took him home and bathed and treated him, and he stayed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer reached out to lay her hand over his. \u201cHe must have known you had a good hear\u2014\u201d A storm of emotion blazed through her mind, pain and anger and desperation and longing \u2014 she jerked her hand away and sat for a long moment, breathing hard. Helios laid his ears back, his purr dimming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki\u2019s hand went rigid under hers\u2014and he pulled his own hand away as she jerked hers back, his eyes fixed on the cat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer swallowed hard. And then again. “Excuse me,” she said faintly, turning away slightly. She cupped her hands, and a flame grew inside her palms, flickering against her face and filling the room with the smell of fire. A single tear tracked down her face as she closed her eyes.<\/p>\n

When she reopened them, the fire vanished. Apparently without self-consciousness, she smeared the tearstain from her face and turned back to Loki. Clearing her throat, she said, “I’m sorry, where was I?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

liesmith-loki: i-am-the-firechild: liesmith-loki: i-am-the-firechild: \u201cCats are. They may seem standoffish, but once one has claimed you, it\u2019s up to you not to break that trust. They aren\u2019t,\u201d she hesitated, searching for the right word, \u201cintelligent. Not the way we are. They can\u2019t understand, if we hurt them.\u201d Helios increased the volume of his purr, narrowing … Continue reading Inner Flame | Closed RP<\/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":[4511,10,4418,4544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35577"}],"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=35577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}