Faithfully Yours
Part 4: Toil and Trouble
Chapter 27
"The good ended happily,
and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means."
Oscar Wilde
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Faithfully Yours Part 4: Toil and Trouble
Chapter 27 "The good ended happily,
and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means." |
Paige orbed Phoebe to a tax office in Chicago where Piper was waiting with Noni, the witch who worked at the tax office and had first got the Charmed Ones involved with the Geztalt. They were watching an out of control group of computers going ballistic, with figures scrolling and changing and interchanging, and a security screen and where razor demons and acid spitters creatures were confronting apparently human types. The only evidence that the humans were demon was that when they were destroyed they disappeared in a cloud of black or green goo, indicating their place in the hierarchy.
"Aren't we supposed to be leaving this stuff alone?" Phoebe asked "elders and all that. "Noni called "said Piper tersely "eventually she added. "Didn't ask the elders and I haven't called Mark "she added. "Noni took such a time calling I figured we did not wait on Elder arguments." "Mark isn't like that" Paige said. "He knows when they're being shits." "Don't you work in LA?" Phoebe asked Noni before Piper could snark back. "It started late a few hours ago "Noni said. "I noticed the system going haywire and then this started. Came over yesterday to help check systems, volunteered." She answered just a little slyly. "This looks like some territorial war to me. Been going on all morning." Phoebe and Paige stared at the monitors as demons destroyed everything in their path and some maybe, mortals cowered under any furniture that was not blown up. "How come the military aren't in on this?" Paige asked "It's the tax office." "I think evil has filtered it." Noni explained "I wouldn't have known if I had not been using this special unfiltered system. Only ones who know are the poor buggers stuck in there." "How come you didn't call earlier?" Phoebe asked suspiciously as Noni flicked a switch on her own monitor which she turned so the Charmed Ones could not see it. "I was using the system for something else" she said slightly embarrassed and minimising her screen. "You did not notice this" Phoebe asked incredulously. "Í was busy," Noni insisted hiding her embarrassment in belligerence. "Isn't this exposing magic?" Paige asked peering at the monitors. "Innocents involved and all that." "Anyway Powers that be clean up after the wars." Noni said as if that made it all right "If I had been there at LA I would not have known anything was wrong. So no-one would know. Wondered if I should call anyone. Thought I better eventually." "Except the winners have control of the finances" Piper said wryly. "And they get more powerful because that is what Tempus wants." "I don't get why Noni didn't call early." Phoebe insisted sending her a dirty look. "What in the hell were you doing that was more important than this? Paige put her head on the side. "Maximize" she said to Noni's screen "Oh "she said staring hard "great buns "she said looking harder. "Very nice" said Piper looking hard, "especially moving." "I was watching a basketball game if you must know" Noni snarked, embarrassed. "We see" said Piper "This system picks up some security cameras at The Superman's place" Noni explained, describing a well know basketball player. "He and his pals like to practice on his home court. In the nude. You should see them "she said enthusiastically "Tall long legs, long hands, beautiful skin, Long,.." 'Thank you Nonie "interrupted Phoebe looking a the damage as demons fought for their territory and the confrontation escalate as terrified innocents cowered behind whatever they could. "At least we know why Noni called us and not her whitelighter." "Whitelighters seem to think expressing an interest in sexuality is evil "Noni answered carefully monitoring her screen." "Tell me about it "said Paige What do we do? Where do we start.?" "Nearest room I guess" said Piper. "Let's go get 'em." Paige nodded and took her sisters hands and they orbed into the thick of battle. The demons seemed a little confused at their presence and Piper finished off a couple of half gone razors. Phoebe had to levitate to avoid a few fire balls sent by the human form demons. And Paige managed to deflect an onslaught of acid spray as she went to protect several mortal workers cowering and confused. Piper was about to dispose of a demon when she was suddenly frozen in her power. She spun around to see shimmering red light and the demon guardian Therold appeared. His face had a cross between a prissy expression of irritation that he wore when lower order magic creatures crossed the boundaries of their calling, and affectionate amusement as he observed Phoebe not so gracefully elevated into a levitation her legs thrust forward. With a movement of his hands he allowed her to come to earth with a little more dignity than Piper thought her sister deserved "No, no, no "he said in hi high sing song voice "You do not want to turn this into a battle between good and evil. This "he said "is a battle between evil and evil and the province of those who guard the realms from misuse." Phoebe feet on the ground almost smiled because he was wearing baggy cotton drill pants and a shabby off white shirt and grey cardigan and house slippers and looked totally unlike a great guardian. Then quite suddenly a dark light with a deep red shadow surrounded Therold and his aura seemed to overwhelm the whole area. He raised his hands and stretched them extending the light across the room. Phoebe thought he was going to kill the demons but instead with a shattering of light they were separated and sucked away from the realm and suddenly only innocents were left looking terrified, uncertain. Therold suddenly swept his hands away and in the great wrath he changed the scene and the witches had a vision of confused mortals as the earth seemed to move and the innocents, confused and dazed were left in a scene that appeared normal. Phoebe and Piper and Paige surprised found themselves back at the manor with a tutt tutting Therold. "I didn't know guardians had that sort of power" Phoebe blurted out. "You're not supposed to know such things my dear" Therold told her affectionately then flushed red. He tried to cover by severely asking "Why weren't you witches warned away from interfering in such affairs? You could have easily turned that into a battle of good versus evil and left me powerless to intervene." The witches looked at each other. "Your whitelighter advised you to interfere" Therold asked severely flushing red again as Phoebe narrowed her eyes at him. "We didn't ask him" Paige answered as Therold tut tutted again '"There are some things Belthezor should explain to you for your own protection" he muttered his lips compressed. "I don't think Cole can really be blamed for how the Charmed Ones deal with the Elders" Phoebe said loyalty winning over annoyance at Cole. "So sweet, so good so loyal" murmured Therold while Paige and Piper exchanged glances and Piper made a 'gag' face. "Why didn't you stop it earlier if you could stop it?" Piper demanded. "The business of guardians is not the business…" Therold started to whine. "Why?" Phoebe interrupted but made sure she kept her voice sweet and she smiled at Therold who visibly shuddered with emotion. "I wanted to observe the state of affairs between the Brotherhood and Geztalt" answerer a besotted Therold "I had no intentions of allowing innocents to be hurt." "And what did you find out" demanded Paige. "The business of guardians is not the business of witches" Therold answered his voice even more sing song. "Listen to good advice" he added. "Do not allow harm to happen" he said looking at Phoebe "I'm sorry" Phoebe said to him contritely "We went to protect the innocents. We did not know about demon wars. It was wrong we were told not to do it." She watched him coyly under her lashes. Therold flushed " No, no, no You could do no wrong "he said to Phoebe taking her hand and kissing it before he shimmered. "I think I'm going to e sick" said Paige. "I know I'm going to be sick" said Piper. The witches called Mark who arrived fairly promptly. He was polite, formal and soft spoken with all of them, particularly Paige, and only shrugged when the Charmed Ones told him they were warned off by higher powers. "Surprised the Elders haven't called me up to suggest I keep you under better control" he said softly. "I'd have said go save the innocents" he added. "I guess I would have got it wrong." "Win some lose some" said Piper. "So are we keeping an eye on the Geztalt or listening to good advice?" she asked. 'Both "answered Mark with a smile that suggested he did not believe hey would do it while the witches rolled their eyes. "I'll check what happened" he said He started to orb then stopped "None of you are concerned that Noni was using tax office equipment to spy on naked basketball players?" he asked. , and did not call her whitelighter, and only called you after some time" he added The girls eyed him off. "Spites, spites, spites" snapped Paige "you can't let it go. Women show an interest in sex and it has to be evil.' "I guess you're not concerned" Mark said softly avoiding looking at Paige "My advice is that you should be concerned but I guess its up to you if you listen." He orbed as Paige projected a cushion at him. "Bastard" said Paige. "Men just hate women taking control of their sexuality" Phoebe said. "Nothing horrible has happened." "Not yet "said Piper. Ï think we ought to do some more looking" she said. "You can" said Phoebe "I have to work" holding her hand out to Paige. "Me too" said Paige taking Phoebe's hand and orbing. Piper spent the afternoon working through the Book of Shadows but only came up with the same thing. The cure for spite attacks was reality. She finally gave up because she had to be at P3 for a meeting. A little later Leo came out of his and Piper's room his expression unhappy. He stopped in the landing and glanced toward the stairs as he heard a noise in the attic. He rushed upstairs and flung open the door running headlong in the attic and stoping cold as he saw Mark leaning on the stand and frowning as he concentrated on the Book of Shadows. Mark looked up as he saw Leo rush into the room "If I was a demon" he said with a quiet smile "You might be in trouble." "I have my ways "Leo said sliding to an embarrassed halt. "You want the girls?" he asked. "Later "Mark said still frowning at the Book of Shadows. "Girls tell you about toda?." he asked. "Sort of "said Leo carefully. "I would have told them to go" Mark said. "It's all fixed "he added "People over there think the building was hit by an earth tremor. I guess I would have given the girls lousy advice… if I had been asked" he said shrugging self depreciatively. "They may not have listened to it" Leo pointed out. "And stayed away. Instead of going. So you never can tell with advice. Just be honest. Say what you feel, I think." '"True" agreed Mark smiling slightly . He ran his hand through his receding sandy hair. "My problem is it has never been my nature to entirely trust authority and hierarchies." "They have to get it right sometimes" Leo said. "And a stopped clock is right twice a day" Mark answered softly Leo eyed him and came over to look at the entry he was reading in the book, about the realm of Burvjara. "Interested in Glock" Leo asked carefully. "Interested in knowing something about the place" Mark replied not allowing himself to be drawn. "Isn't that out of your sphere of influence?" Leo suggested keeping his voice very non judgemental and wondering if he sounded like an Elder. He shuddered at the thought "Meeting Glock excluded. Really girls should have no connection. " "Geztalt are connected to the place" Mark said. "And you're looking it up even when you were warned off? Maybe with good reason " Leo asked carefully. "It’s the maybe part that worries em"Mark winced "That's why I'm am looking at Burvjara " he said . He sat down on the edge of the sofa arm and faced Leo. "We have two demon sects fighting to keep in with Tempus. Tempus wants to make financial control the way he controls evil and extends his power. So both sects fight each other to be the ones who have the goods for their master. Then there is Burvjara and whatever else is wrong there, financial institutions are not the problem, the magic pole is. Which I am curious about?" he said shrugging depreciatively. "What do you think it is all about "Leo asked. "Geztalt are using financial institutions to get in a position of influence in the Underworld by sucking up to Tempusand they are trying to get control of the pole to boot Tempus when they get in that position. "Mark guessed. "Maybe Tempus is prepared to let them try and thinks he is strong enough to take it from them." '"Glad you are on our side" Leo smiled. "You understand evil. What do the Elders say to your theory?" "That I haven't been around long enough to understand the complexities" Mark grinned. "And of course you can't tell them you have special sources"; Leo said sympathetically. "Well if I told them I had special sources, they would want to know about them" Mark answered "and I would have to tell them the reason I slept through the last whitelighter meeting was because I was nursing a gigantic hangover from a boozing session with those sources." "Maybe better you don't tell them" Leo agreed. He took a deep breath "Mark "he said "its easy because of Cole being here to fall into the trap of looking outside your own area, your own business." He said carefully. Quietly he said " Your job is to guide the witches, to protect the innocents. You could make yourself part of the problem, like I did if you try to fix everything." "And if I think the witches are the innocents, in danger from a higher power?" Mark asked sharply. "You're not being affected by what you eel for Paige" Leo suggested. "Concerned about her" Mark agreed 'Yes. Concerned about all of them. About other charges." Leo read the entry on the pole. "It says that all magic is governed and held in balance by the existence of magic poles two of them. One is in Burvjara, controlled by the Burvjarians a realm at the convergence of the magic realms.' That is probably why the time frame seems so different there" Leo murmured. He continued to read "Burvjarians are a race descended from ancient warriors who were renowned for the ferocious fighting spirit and integrity. It says they channelled their energy and fighting spirit into scholarship and an agrarian existence outside the other arenas of magic. It say's they were creatures of magic defined by magic they access through the pole." "I guess they unchannelled the fighting spirit." Mark observed quietly. "I guess. Glock can tell you more about that" Leo said but acknowledged Mark being right by inclining his head. "I know is that it seems only the Burvjarians can actually manage the magic at the pole which means they are an incredibly powerful race in the world of magic. And who controls them, controls magic" said Mark. "Something like that" said Leo "or oifyou can't control them keep them at war for generations so they have nothing band cannot band together to use the magic." "And come in and control it yourself" Mark added "and call it liberating a race at war." "Something like that "said Leo. "But its not basic whitelighter stuff. Then he stopped at the expression on Mark's face. "Is it?" he asked slowly. Mark reread the entry on the poles and then the Geztalt. "Its not supposed to be" he said slowly as Leo watched him. Mark did not look so different from when Leo had know him as a mortal. Soft grey eyes , intelligent face and receding sandy hair. He was still wearinga variation of baggy corduroy paints and crumbled once white shirt. Only now, not hidden behind the innate gentleness of his eyes, was the passion that had always been a strong part of him. "Finding it hard going?" Leo asked "because of Paige?" "Hard going" Mark agreed "not because of Paige though. He hesitated "Why do they choose you Leo" he asked after a few seconds "Why did they call you to be a whitelighter? Why do they call any-one?" "A good person who lived a good life and whose inmate goodness should not be lost to the realm." Leo said "earns the right to not be reincarnated or find another mortality. Who they are is who they should be?" 'II don't think I'm their man?" Mark told Leo.. "You're not good?" Leo asked amused. Mark grinned "If Good means including blind obedience . No." "It doesn't. The elders rigidity pissing you off" He asked. Mark shrugged again. "I don't understand why some-one like me was called as whitelighter. I'm the wrong type. Really the wrong type." he added. "I don't know. Checks and balances" Leo guessed "The balance needs someone to work in the system and ask the hard questions. I couldn't work in the system and I could not ask the hard questions without getting angry" he added. "This s not like any system I've worked in" said Mark. "Its worked for thousands of years "Leo said "You left" Mark said Leo nodded. "'Not so much left as moved on" Leo agreed "at the elders suggestion. " Mark drew a deep breath "When you were called, did you think you would not make it with them Leo?" he asked seriously. "No" said Leo "I thought I would definitely make it. I was young' he said "a kid really ."Didn't have much of a life to compare it to." "Paige said you were a medic" Mark said. Leo nodded. "I got into college young "he said "very young and got into my first year of medicine before I was you know 18. They let you do things in those days. Joined up in my as soon as I finished my first year and was put straight into the medical core. I was in Guadalcanal from the start almost. In August and well did not make it past January" he explained. "Did you have any doubts?" Mark asked. "About being whitelighter" Leo said. "Going to war" Mark told him "No "Leo said "that one, that one was an easy call. No doubts about why we were fighting and what we did. Not a lot even now." he added. "Not even when you read some of the less good things that happened during that war" Mark asked persistent. "No" Leo assured him "I learnt a few things about the leaders though. They say what they think you need to hear to fight. Not what it really is. You know we went into war, they declared war, maybe to stop invasion than to stop atrocities. If the atrocities had stayed in the area where they were happening we wouldn't have gone to war but they didn't. Maybe looking back I think less of the reasons we were given to go to war but I don't have any doubts about going to war. Even for pacifist like me." Leo said. "Not all wars are wrong or evil." "You were a soldier Leo?" Mark asked "How do you know the difference?' How do you know when the war they ask you, make you, entrap you into fighting, is evil?" Leo looked at Mark and looked away then he walked to the attic window and looked out, noting that the teenagers boys three doors up were revving up a car parked in the drive. Nearly the age he was when he went to war, and there they were, home playing with cars. He turned around "As a soldier "he said "You're supposed to fight, you're supposed too obey orders unquestioning." he said" but you're not supposed to obey an illegal order, an order you believe to be illegal." "What about if it's immoral?" Mark asked. "If it's immoral it ought to be illegal" Leo said. "and if it isn't, you have to chose, don't you? "he asked "and live with the choice or die for it" he added, surer if himself than he had been at the time. "That is a hell of a decision and responsibility to put on front line troops" Mark said shaking his head "especially when it is put on them by people who don't have to face the fear and watch the real pain of war and see the death and somehow or other not let it turn them ... brutalise them. Or get dragged into .. some bloody awful things because the conditions, living in a circumstances and fear can make people .. do immoral things" "We had no doubts" Leo said 'It was a just war. There are times you have to fight. Like the girls do. There are people called to fight just wars like the girls. Special people" he said still very sure.' "So even though you now know that the reasons you were sent to war, you were told to fight were not as honest as the war itself." Mark asked. "It's still okay to fight because the war itself is just." "Their dishonesty, the lies I was told about the war I fought was more in timing than anything else" Leo said. "They sent you to war for dishonest reason" Mark said. "Claimed it was humanitarian when it was self protection." "No" Leo replied \sure "they sent us to war for the right reasons, they just maybe waited until the pain was closer to us. It was done to defend us than because it was a moral humanitarian thing to do. It does not mean the moral thing was not there." Mark nodded. "What would you have done if it had not been moral?"he asked "If you discovered that later, it wasn't moral and you had fought how would you have felt? " "Who I am now "Leo said sure of what he was saying. "Probably refuse to fight. Then. Wwhen I believed in the powers that be, maybe I would not have let myself believe it could be immoral." His voice shook slightly because it had taken 60 years to admit that to himself. "It’s a hell of a responsibility for a soldier "Mark said. Leo nodded "I know "he answered. "Did you believe in the elders" Mark asked. "Sorry. Pushing to hard?" he asked not missing the tremor in Leo's voice. "Its okay" Leo said "Now, I ask myself if it is okay with me. Maybe would not have done that five years ago. Or been prepared for the consequences." Mark nodded understanding "At first "Leo explained "I was a soldier I was young. I believed in the powers that be. I saw they were doing good. I saw it was helping. I have a calling to help" he said understanding himself. "They asked and it was hard but I was on the front line. I saw things bad things But I know I was doing good." "When did it go bad?" Mark asked Leo shook his head "When I met Piper "he said. Mark raised his eyes. "No "Leo said "maybe about when Prue and Piper started questioning. Maybe when I saw what they were prepared to do, to a good witch because she fell in love… fell in love with me. But when I fell was when I knew I was . …Bloody Cole" he said "I did things about Cole, not good things, because I did not understand. Advised things I should not have." Leo hesitated. "Things I'm not proud of." "I wonder why that doe not surprise me it was something to do with Cole" Mark smiled. "I believed in the Elders and what they told me. I was so sure it was right . I . my self righteousness …I …nearly led or allowed Piper and the girls to go down a path where a good soul was lost. Well destiny intervened" Leo swallowed "But I, in time …just, realised what I was doing. Thanks to Paige. He added. "But I never accepted anything they told me after that." Mark smiled understanding. "Í can understand why you got so disillusioned, felt you could not be part of them "he said I'm not like that" he said "I lived my life fighting the system by being part of the system. I believe that the individual counts, I believe it is the right of the least of us to have dignity, a decent wage .. a place in the sun. " he said "I spent my life fighting the power that be, managers government bureaucrats, media opinion because I believed these people, the least of us, meant something… had a right to be some-one" "A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them." Leo said. "I suspect a large part of our society may be judged ….harshly "Mark said his voice dry. Leo not sure whether to laugh or agree could only wait. "Leo " Mark said intense. "I am not what they want in whitelighter. I'm the guy, I'm the rebel. I'm the one who says 'But why' and puts it in their face. I am not the one to send the individual to die for the greater good without ta choice. I am not what they want" Mark insisted. "Maybe you're what they need" Leo said quietly "It’s a balance thing " he said "They have a certain type and in most cases that is what they need but if it is not then they have to have some-one to call them to account question it or they all fall, We all fall." He added. "That is a damned hard road " Mark said "It takes…incredible gust and at the moment I have some…doubts." "Its what Cole says Phoebe does for him" Leo told Mark "Holds him to account , makes him responsible," "Then Phoebe has a long hard and difficult role "Mark said softly. "And I can understand why she needs to blow it off and be as difficult as possible. Its that or .. .fail" "I knew you were the right whitelighter for the Charmed One "Leo said quietly. "If it wasn't for Paige I may not be anyone's whitelighter " Mark shrugged self derisively . "Then thank god for Paige" Leo said and meant it. "I knew there was a reason for Paige. The girls aren’t your only charges." "No" said Mark "I get all the lame ducks, struggling difficult ones, the ones no-one else wants or gets any glory out of. What I did in life I get for eternity." "Then thank god for Paige" Leo said and meant it. "I haven't got any roots up there Leo" Mark said. He winced "I'm the odd one. The one who is new. The one who does not know anything but tells them they are wrong. And to be honest I am not doing it well. I'm not winning any Leo" Mark said. Intense. "It's not very long Mark" Leo told him "Long enough for the elders to know I am not what they want" Mark said grimly "Some of the fights I had down here. Well at least I was sure where I stood, I was a damn sight more confident in me...down here.' "I used to make a point of who I was by wearing my jeans and not a whitelighter robe" Leo said. "I'm having enough trouble trying to fit in your shoes, without wearing your jeans" mark answered with mock humour He took a deep breath before he asked "Cole's whitelighter Francesca she is not one of the crowd is she and yet they just about fall to their knees when she deigns to walk past them…up there" "No" Leo agreed "But something she has said makes me think it was a very hard road to find herself and be true to her calling when she did. She told me once that she spent the first 50 years wondering about herself until she discovered there were more interesting things to learn and do than worry about herself "he added. Mark got his meaning . He frowned. "What specifically is the real problem at the moment?" Leo asked. When Mark narrowed his eyes Leo grinned 'I'm remarkably intuitive" he said 'Something big has to cause these doubts.' "The elders at the moment are reminding me of some middle managers I know.. knew" Mark said "Fuss like they are the boss, but really living in fear of those above them. selling their souls to keep the job and do the dirty work." Leo looked at Mark and then glanced the Book of Shadows open at the entry for Burvjara. "What do you think it is" he asked slowly. "the dirty work?" Mark shook his head "Not sure of it all but its the Geztalt " "In the realm here what the Geztalt have been doing, that is witches work, elder space, "Leo said. "Well until they started demon wars here like today" Ï think its the bigger picture "Mark said slowly "Just my gut instinct and I heard the word Burvjara and well knowing things I shouldn't about 'family business' just rang some bells. That and the warnings about the greater good and the bigger choice and raharahing about the enemy of evil and how good has to be in control and if evil gets the footholds we are all damned and blah blah blah." "I've heard it before "Leo said. "Only it was called propaganda when I heard it an I was eighteen" "You said it was a just war Leo "Marks said. "But the powers that be did not quite trust us to decide that so they spun it "Leo explained. "My problem " Mark said "Is where the Powers that be sit back safe and send the lesser one, the ones they perceive to be lesser to be lost for them." Leo looked at Mark. "I know" Mark said suddenly grinning. "Amusing when you think of the way I went. Falling on the sword to fight the fight. That was different Leo. It was my choice. I get the feeling the … um ranks the soldiers are not going to get a lot of choice about whether they fight or not. And I am not sure I can do that, ask them to fall on the sword for a vague undeclared war.'" "In the end it was my choice" Leo told him "I saw war you know. Not heard about it. August to January is a hell of a long time when the bombs are falling. I saw people I knew die and I saw the cost. I knew what war was. And knowing what war was, how terrible it is, I would have chosen too fight a just war. Still would " he added. "That is the sad thing" said Mark, suddenly slapping his knee as if he wanted to slap some-one else "they don't trust justice. So they use …rhetoric, catch phrases, make a faceless enemy, dehumanise any opposition." "And demons use a human face to make it harder to fight them" Leo said "Tell that to Cole" Leo added dryly. "That justice is not enough to fight for. Only wait until I'm around to watch his reaction." Mark raised his eyes. "Its his calling "Leo explained "Ironic he. Arsehole lawyer in mortal form . arbitrator of justice in his magic one. Some one has to be prepared to give them the choice'. Wouldn't you know it would be an arsehole lawyer like Cole." Leo said. "It was easier when I was safer in who I was " Mark confessed "Why do you think it will be easy. If you have less doubts. "Leo asked. " If you doubt less you may need to fight more." "Stupidity "grinned Mark, he stopped "Ever have any contact with the holder of the sword I fell on" he asked. '"Oh god don't wish that on us "said Leo with a shudder "We have enough going on. "Well If she meant to condemn me, there is a certain irony there "Marl said "I am condemned for being what I am." "The irony is she couldn't have done a better thing for the true cause of good" Leo said putting his hand in Marks' shoulder "Well I hope she knows and it pisses her off" said Mark standing up and shutting the Book of Shadows. He took a deep breath "Thanks Leo" he said "I', lucky I guess. If it weren't for Paige I wouldn’t have anyone to even think I could ask this stuff." He nodded as he orbed. "then thank god for Paige " Leo said out loud and meant it.
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