Here again

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A tall, muscular man clad in sport jacket and jeans walked into the cantina, then stopped and looked around as he recognized the place and remembered when he'd been here last.

-Four years,- he thought, pondering going back home for a moment before shrugging and walking over to a booth. -This is as good a place to work as any.-

One hand went up to absently rub the big purple bruise on the side of his face; souvenir of his last encounter with a door frame. Then he seated himself and asked the furry waitress for a coffee before immersing himself in his work.

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[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"I don't say this about many people, Goliath, but if anybody deserved whatever they got, it was Thailog. And yet it sounds like you've taken an interest in turning him around."

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There was no guilt in Goliath's expression, though there was a trace of sadness. "He was what he was created to be." -An abomination.-

He shrugged and looked across the open space again, frowning into the great statue's serene eyes. "And dead now."

There was finality in his voice. It was clear that he didn't see 'Franklin' as the same being as his former enemy.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Frankly, Elisa wasn't entirely convinced of her ability to hold back the next time her Clan ran into Thailog. And memory-loss or not, she's not sue she'd give him a second chance.

"Franklin, eh?" she settled on saying. "Interesting choice of name."

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"Lexington suggested it, for Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. Franklin had been responding to 'hey, you' before that."

Hey, lizards snore.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Elisa gave her head a slight shake, trying to dislodge the sleeping critter.

"Not a bad name, all together."

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He nodded, mouth quirking slightly. "It's led to his collecting several books about a turtle who goes to school."

The lizard stopped snoring and opened one eye to look up at her quizzically.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Elisa chuckled at that. "Oh, jeeeze..."

She gave the lizard another shake. "C'mon, scat."

And, slightly more serious. "Never gave a lot of thought to baby names," she said after a moment. "Because it's still such a far off thing. Doesn't mean I haven't thought about it, of course. I've often thought about Manhattan as a name. Naming one of the first Gargoyle kids to be born there after the city itself."

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His shoulders relaxed and he cocked an eye at the lizard as it yawned widely and closed its eyes again. "An excellent choice. But it might lead to the hatchling being called 'Mannie' when older."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

She chuckled at that. "Yeah, well, not too many names somebody can't make fun or an annoying nickname out of."

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"True." He reached out with the hand that wasn't holding the kitten to gently grasp the lizard and try to pull it free. The little creature responded by clinging for all it was worth and chittering irritably

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Elisa grined slightly when the tugging didn't produce any results. "Little guy's pretty stubborn, isn't he?"

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"Yes...." He flinched and frowned as tiny teeth pinched his finger. "Ouch."

The kitten went into his jacket pocket, and he prepared to use both hands in attempt to dislodge the small invader.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"You all right?"