a million daybreaks
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The face of John Irving is the first one Edward sees. To John’s left is George Hodgson, and then Captain Crozier, blessedly bored, attending the conversation as little as possible and looking to his glass of whiskey for whatever relief it may bring him. Then, to his left, is Sir John, and to his left again is Captain Fitzjames. He is gesturing with his hand, his fingers shaping a ring. The size of a cherry, Edward’s mind supplies, and feels something swooping up in his chest. He lets out a sharp laugh.
or, Little gets stuck in a time loop and is appropriately miserable about it. updates Mondays.
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- Part 1 of a million daybreaks
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The days pass with a tension Edward remembers from his first and second go-around. The marines’ opinions of the officers fare poorly, but time sweetens it again, or at least loosens the grip of suspicion. They are a suspicious bunch, as well; above their stiff stocks, their jaws are often tight and square, and their eyes follow the officers’ backs as if training their rifles on the spot between their shoulders.
They march in a straight line, like the many vertebrae of a dead snake, through the snow and ice, headed through the maze by Sir John. Goodsir shuffles along somewhere in the middle, over encumbered by his daguerrotype equipment. Someone must say something to someone about that, because one of the marines-- who, it is difficult to tell at such a distance-- goes to take up the tripod and drape for him.
That is the last Edward sees of them until later.or, Little is still stuck in a time loop but not for lack of trying.
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- Part 2 of a million daybreaks