Lilah's initial comment is just so much smokescreen. Really. She's been thinking about her father more than usual, lately, but the idea that there are people Lilah Morgan cares for, in the plural. . .well, that's absurd.
Except that now Sloane is hinting at the misfortune occasioned by caring for someone on the other side of the battle lines. She imagines there is a story there, but honestly, it has nothing to do with her. The tendency of her most special projects to gravitate toward (or back toward) Team Angel, notwithstanding.
She begins the main course and takes no hurry to respond. "My war stories," she finally says, "are of course, more of the metaphorical sort. I've never spent any time in the jungle, except as a tourist. Still, I dare to say I have a tale to match any of yours."
Sloane can either take this invitation as a challenge to a battle of tall tales, or an opportunity to spill a bit of truth. Either way Lilah is game. She looks at him, expectantly, and this time, she doesn't defer or offer to go first.
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Date: 2006-01-18 09:11 pm (UTC)Except that now Sloane is hinting at the misfortune occasioned by caring for someone on the other side of the battle lines. She imagines there is a story there, but honestly, it has nothing to do with her. The tendency of her most special projects to gravitate toward (or back toward) Team Angel, notwithstanding.
She begins the main course and takes no hurry to respond. "My war stories," she finally says, "are of course, more of the metaphorical sort. I've never spent any time in the jungle, except as a tourist. Still, I dare to say I have a tale to match any of yours."
Sloane can either take this invitation as a challenge to a battle of tall tales, or an opportunity to spill a bit of truth. Either way Lilah is game. She looks at him, expectantly, and this time, she doesn't defer or offer to go first.