near the main campfire - tuesday afternoon

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He lay in the grass, mostly because he could. It was a little damp since the day seemed to flutter between beautiful and damp, but he didn't much mind. He didn't catch colds too easily (perhaps the one dip in the well had been enough) and water didn't have any kind of adverse effect on him...

And it was nice out. Soothing. Almost as much as the church, it would let him think.

[open!][flying portion NFB for distance from the ground]

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[solo_sword]

"Define odd," Jaina said, and shrugged. "I mean, Fandom."

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"Exactly," he said. "Though really, it's not unpleasant. Just a little cool."

He looked up at her again.

"You're welcome to join me if you're really that intrigued."

[solo_sword]

She was pretty sure anyone who knew her would look at her funny if they found her doing that. "Thanks, but I've got a momentum going," Jaina said. "Besides, the boyfriend might get jealous if I start checking out clouds with someone else."

No, he wouldn't. He'd be one of the people looking at her funny.

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He chuckled from his spot.

"You need your eyes open for that. And besides, you can see them better when you're in the air."

He followed it with a shrug.

"But I wouldn't want you in trouble. Goodness knows..."

He didn't complete the thought, mostly because he didn't know how to. What was he going to do? Complain? Or just admit aloud how badly things were going?

He didn't think either was a good idea.

[solo_sword]

Jaina paused, waiting for him to finish. "See, normally I'd finish the statement for you somehow, but I'm kind of curious where you were going with it," she said. Of course, most of the curiosity came from wondering if her reputation somehow preceded her.

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"I'd say 'I'm in trouble with mine and I know how terrible it can be' except I don't know if I have one anymore and really it only gets more awkward from there," he admitted, staring up at the sky for the moment.

[solo_sword]

"Oh. Sorry," Jaina said, a little awkwardly. When she heard things like that it made her feel really lucky that after all this time she and John were still doing so well. "If I thought it was going to be that, I wouldn't have asked."

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He shrugged.

"It's certainly not your fault. I don't know whose fault it is, but not yours.

"And things happen. I'll just have to wait and see what Andrew decides. I didn't think you were prodding at a wound or anything."

[solo_sword]

Oh, chalk that up to one of the reasons she kept wanting to check on Andrew. After being asked by so many people to keep an eye on him, she sort of felt she should. Even if relationship issues weren't her thing, as evidenced by her still-awkward, "Good luck with that."

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He nodded and closed his eyes, laying back onto the grass with an especially deep breath.

"Thank you."