"Sometimes it sort of seems like magic." Not that he's familiar with real magic, the closest he's come is when the Devil healed his arm - and he's still absolutely sure that's going to come back to haunt him in a big way.
He gives her hand a gentle squeeze and leads her out toward the boardwalk. Their office is nearly ocean front, a walk and narrow road in front of it is bordered by sand leading right down to the water maybe two hundred feet away. In one direction the slow weeknight crowd gathers around an assortment of food carts, mostly families with kids and dogs and beach gear. To the other the lights on a large ferris wheel light the way toward the pier - which is close to their destination.
"I guess being in a world where there's no magic is pretty weird for you, huh? The closest we've got here is... religion, I guess. Miracles and angels and stuff." He believes in miracles - and that they're quite possibly the only reason he and Shawn are still alive after some of the scrapes they've been in over the last six years - the book's still out on angels.
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Date: 2012-07-08 07:42 pm (UTC)He gives her hand a gentle squeeze and leads her out toward the boardwalk. Their office is nearly ocean front, a walk and narrow road in front of it is bordered by sand leading right down to the water maybe two hundred feet away. In one direction the slow weeknight crowd gathers around an assortment of food carts, mostly families with kids and dogs and beach gear. To the other the lights on a large ferris wheel light the way toward the pier - which is close to their destination.
"I guess being in a world where there's no magic is pretty weird for you, huh? The closest we've got here is... religion, I guess. Miracles and angels and stuff." He believes in miracles - and that they're quite possibly the only reason he and Shawn are still alive after some of the scrapes they've been in over the last six years - the book's still out on angels.