...I don't even keep him company. I just... sit in the den. Or in the Warehouse, keeping up the systems, things like that. I've just been... keeping out of his way. I irritate him anyway, so.
[Mag can hear the key word there, and it isn't the first time Claudia's used it. She tries to repeat it the same way.] I suppose what you have to do in the Warehouse is important. You could let him know you're worried, tell him what you've been doing.
[It's necessary to irritate the hell out of people -- sometimes, she thinks, that's the definition of caring. This harks back to their previous conversation.]
[She shrugs. And... without meaning to, it sort of starts coming out.]
Like I said, my parents died when I was little, and Joshua... disappeared after that for twelve years. Not his fault, though. And I... got shoved into foster care. I... appreciated the families, but never... got attached. So, they always just sort of shooed me onto the next family.
And it's... I don't know. I mean, it's only a matter of time before I'm not useful to the Warehouse anymore, and... Then it'll be time to pack up again.
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I've just been keeping to myself.
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[Mag can hear the key word there, and it isn't the first time Claudia's used it. She tries to repeat it the same way.] I suppose what you have to do in the Warehouse is important. You could let him know you're worried, tell him what you've been doing.
[It's necessary to irritate the hell out of people -- sometimes, she thinks, that's the definition of caring. This harks back to their previous conversation.]
You really aren't a people person.
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[She shrugs. And... without meaning to, it sort of starts coming out.]
Like I said, my parents died when I was little, and Joshua... disappeared after that for twelve years. Not his fault, though. And I... got shoved into foster care. I... appreciated the families, but never... got attached. So, they always just sort of shooed me onto the next family.
And it's... I don't know. I mean, it's only a matter of time before I'm not useful to the Warehouse anymore, and... Then it'll be time to pack up again.