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Moving Day (again!) - Second floor hallway

After her omgsoconfusing morning, Rory started to patiently move boxes of her things down the hall from room 236 to 213.

She is but one wee, clumsy, fairly weak girl though, so she would certainly appreciate any help offered.

~~Unless it's offered by John or Lee, because they are OMG SO DEAD.~~

[ooc: Open like a thing that is not closed to everyone!]

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Rory cleared her throat. "Okay, um, no. Logan was really mad that morning, right? And um, when Logan gets mad, he hits people. And when Anakin gets mad...I've never seen it, but it doesn't sound pretty. So Anakin, in an effort to avoid anyone getting hurt...sort of...tweaked Logan's mind."

Angela takes a moment to process this, nodding along. Then it hits her. "You are not seriously saying Anakin fucked with Logan's head, are you? Because Anakin is so -- he seems so nice."

"No. I mean, yes, but no." Rory sighed. "It's not like what Drusilla did, or anything. Logan wouldn't believe us when we said nothing happened. Things were getting bad. And then suddenly Logan was totally cool, and saying he should have trusted us, and so on."

"And that's really nice for you and Anakin," Angela says, sounding angry. "But it really sucks for Logan."

She tries to make herself see Rory's side. "I mean, it sounds like a neat thing to be able to do, and, yeah, I can see why it would seem better than a fight, I guess, but -- that's seriously invasive. And how do you know he hasn't done it to you, too?"

"He wouldn't," Rory replied, echoing her statement from the same argument with Parker last night. She ran a hand through her hair. "And I don't like it either. I really, really don't. I told him it was incredibly invasive and wrong and that he can't do that without letting people know. He won't do it again. He feels awful about it. And honestly, Angela? I know this sounds stupid, but...he would never do it to be malicious."

Angela takes a long, long moment to respond.

On the one hand, she's seen Rory trust the wrong people before. It ended with Kitty dead and Rory and Logan in the infirmary for a week.

On the other hand -- Anakin isn't Angel. He's her friend, too, and she doesn't see real malice in him either.

If she had a third hand, it would go to deciding Anakin might be even more dangerous than the vampire.

And if she had a fourth hand, it would be debating whether she really wanted to get into a fight with Rory right then.

She sighs, finally, a long long sigh.

"I wasn't there. I can't judge what he did. I just hope you're right that he won't do it again."

"Take care of yourself, okay? I don't want to see you hurt again."

Rory nodded. "I talked to him. Parker tore into him. And Logan was...Logany at him." She made a face. "By the way? The Logan-and-Rory-staying-friendly campaign has come to a crashing halt. But Anakin won't do it again. It's a cultural thing, too. Like, it's not invasive where he's from."

"And vampires are just misunderstood?" Angela says, and regrets it. "Look, I can believe it's common at the Jedi Temple, or whatever. But I can't believe everyone is okay with it. And, plus, these are people who think it's okay to make little kids say they'll never have any emotional attachments. I like Anakin, but his society is ... very very different from what we're used to." She bites her lip. "I'm not saying it's bad, because I think I just don't understand it, and I know it means a lot to him. But just based on what I know? It all seems creepy."

Rory sighed. "I'm just saying that it's unnatural for him to think like we do. And he's still adjusting. And it's not creepy. It's just...different."

Angela shrugs, unable to discount the possibility that her discomfort with the Jedi way is simple prejudice. "I don't think I could be okay with it, but ... that's me, y'know?"

"I guess we can just hope this is a one-time thing for him."

"I'm not okay with it. I just...my loyalty lies with him right now." Rory shrugged. "I made that choice. I think this is wrong, but it's a one-time thing, and I know he won't do it again."

"And ... I don't know what to say. Good luck with that? I hope you're right?"

She sighs. "Seriously, you know Marty would beat him up if he messed with you. Parker'd just shoot him."

"And I like Anakin. I said that, right?"

"You did," Rory smiled. "But like I said to Parker...this is the first time this has happened in how many months? And fairly extreme circumstances, in terms of being frustrated and angry. I doubt it'll happen again."

"Okay," Angela says.

Through extreme effort, she does not add, Unless he's done it before and we just don't know.

Instead, she says, "Thanks for letting me know what was up."

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