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[sunnydalealum]

There aren't any guards posted outside the doors of these rooms, just a single sentry at the end of the hall, and the doors themselves aren't locked. The three young women in the rooms are in a position somewhere between house arrest and honorable parole.

Jordie's in the second room on the right.

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[sunnydalealum]

She wants to lean into him, bury her face in his shirt and bawl; she wants to pull away and move to the window, keep her back to him, stay silent and cold.

A shudder passes through her, and she doesn't move at all.

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

He keeps, ever so gently, petting her shoulders. Lecture time is, at least for now, over.

[sunnydalealum]

"You should go."

It comes out unsteady and strained and not as loud as she'd like, barely a squeak ... but it comes out.

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

Spoon nods and lets go of her.

"Be at your trial if they let me." he says quietly.

[sunnydalealum]

Her shoulders jerk at the word trial, but she nods. Silently.

(She has to admit it now, to herself if nobody else: she's scared.)

[there-is-a-me.livejournal.com]

He brushes his hand across her hair and heads out, not stopping this time.