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When Dr. Henry spoke of fun with machines and
torture, Leti looked ill.
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She looked up distractedly when the doctor asked
her opinion of Victor.
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"I...I don't know. He seemed kind enough I suppose.
Sad...Dull. I didn't really think on it much, but I will pay more attention at
the party," she added quickly, wanting to prove her use.
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Oliver's expression became incredulous when Henry
called his overly thing self brawny.? The doctor himself was a far larger
man by far, though granted without the vampiric strength possessed by Oliver
himself. He understood the meaning but the choice of words was unsuitable,
likely intentionally so for the doctor's own amusement. Oliver frowned at him,
and made no comment until the comment about his lot n life
changing.
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"I need no money from you. I have more than you
will ever see, and only tarry with you until the novelty and uniqueness wears
off as it surely will."
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Though that may take some time, he
knew.
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"I feel it's more the case that you find yourself
frightened and in need of being surrounded by those you can trust."
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He smiled pleasantly, enjoying his own joke now,
even if he was the only one to find it funny.
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Oliver laughed shortly at the idea of being
considered a country bumpkin simply because he did not live in the heart of
London.
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"I agree, a patient of yours sounds more credible
considering my flattering appearance," he said dryly, not one to pretend to a
doctor that the plague had not left its mark on him centuries ago.
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"We have struck up a friendship during your
treatment of me and we share similar interests of scientific exploration, mine
more induced out of a need for a faster stronger recovery," he speculated,
leaving it to Henry to decide upon the final details as he knew better the
reaction of his scientific equals.
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I'm friends with the monster that's under my
bed.
I get along with the voices inside of my
head.
Hugin