Escape to Brian Quinn's

"Oh, maybe you're right. I think I finally have so much anger at Rob that its hard to not want to leave all of it behind. And I know you're right about St. Mungos. I do enjoy the work there--or I did. Alright. So I'll take Brian up on his offer for now. I just see no advantage to being any place else at the moment. And I do appreciate the sacrifices you're all making for Abbey and me. I know you don't have to, but I do appreciate it. It's seeming like everything that can go wrong in my life, will and has. It's been hard not to be pessimistic. But then, I know you know exactly what that feels like. I remember how little my words meant when I said things would get better, but it seems for you they have. Right now, I have no sense of what the future holds for Abbey and me, or if I'd want to know if I could have my seer's abilities back. Sometimes we're better off not knowing what's just around the corner."

"You might have to keep reminding me of that for a bit," she said softly. It just doesn't look very bright right now. I wish I could see what you do, just like you couldn't see what I could when the tables were reversed. You know I've asked to go see Rob and Jen. I know everyone has misgivings about that. I think they believe I'm just going to be hurt again by Rob and Jen's cruelty. But I do know better now. Whatever love Rob felt is over and gone, and only the cruel, evil person I don't know remains. I'm not really sure why I need to see them. I know they're going to do their very best to rip me apart. BUt I truly don't believe they can get to me anymore. I don't have that much left in my heart for either of them. Really I don't."

"I thought that's sort of what you did when she appeared to you," Khaat said, "Although I do know that even when I saw Remus, it didn't quench that deep thirst to have just one more opportunity to be with him in the flesh, to walk with him and talk with him and do some of the things we used to. I'm not sure a part of us ever gets past wanting that 'one more time.' I do understand that. And I'm glad you and Jack will be here for Abbey. I'm taking him a picture of her to perhaps in time find a soft spot in his heart, but I'm not counting on anything, except a lot of verbal cruelty. Hopefully Brian's stock of firewhiskey willl not have run out when I get back. I do think I should be allowed a shot of it when I return. I will have deserved it for putting up with Rob and Jens' foul mouths."

"No. I won't. Besides that, newborns don't look at all the same in a few months. By the time they might find anything out, Abbey will look totally different. They won't recognize her And by that time, I will have my magic back. No one will touch her. I promise that. This may very well be the only visit I make if he's a prat. Unless he can be anywhere near civil, I won't go back. He'll have to learn to enjoy rotting away. And the only human contact he'll get is a physical exam once a year. He'll have to get whatever jollies he can off of that. The rest of his life will be complete misery. And perhaps he deserves it. I'm losing my sympathy for him fast."

"Well, let them have at him, then," Khaat said. "Maybe it will implant either a couple more IQ points or some compassion--one or the other. And if they have at Jen, maybe it will reduce her ego a bit. However, my bet is that she's lost a bit of that pride, maybe a bit, because she's already been there longer than he has.

"But changing subjects just a little, have you seen what it is, besides just all the open sky, that Archangel so loves here? I don't know whether its that there is more game for him to catch or just what it is he likes, but her certainly is happy. Whatever it is, he seems to like it here better than any place else he's ever been."