At 11:49 AM 11/5/99 PST, you wrote:
Hmm... an Eva fic from Anand? Interesting...
down against it, hugging his knees to his body. He closed his eyes and
stopped crying. "Mommy," he repeated softly. (Please be okay, please be
okay, please be okay,) he thought in silent prayer.
Several hours past as the child kept his fearful, silent vigil; then he
heard footsteps come towards him as the clicking of a pair of boots grew
louder and louder. "Shinji," a voice said, silent and commanding.
perhaps 'quiet and commanding'? Silence and speech are kinda opposite.
"Shinji. Your mother. . . is gone," the man replied.
"Gone?" Shinji asked in a small voice.
"Yes. It's your fault. You ran away, Shinji. You weren't there to protect
her, so she was taken away."
DAMN! Same ol' Gendo, 250% Rat-Bastard-ier!
"My fault. . ," Shinji repeated, his face burning with shame and
self-loathing.
Oh, lord... Shinji-angst.
"I'm s-sorry, Daddy! Please bring Mommy back! Please! I'll do anything!
Just bring her back!" the child wailed.
"Really, Shinji? Will you really do anything for your mother?"
Correction, 350% Rat-Bastard-ier...
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