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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 11:04:38 GMT -5
"Well, to be honest, I didn't really have a reason back then." said Jeremy. "Sarge probably would have been in a massive tizzy and gone even crazier than he was if one of his recruits was missing during training."
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 11:12:38 GMT -5
She rolled her eyes and gave a little giggle, "It probably would've made him even crazier to have to train the likes of me. I've always been pretty useless at marchin' an' battlin' an' all that. Not like you. You seemed to take to it like butter to bread right from the get go." She had been giving him that admiring look again but she turned her gaze away, blushing when she realized that she had just let it slip that she had had her eye on him all those seasons ago.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 11:15:32 GMT -5
"The old pa said that I had a lot of native talent." replied Jeremy, eyes scanning constantly for threats. "He was so excited when I was promoted to Lieutenant." Jeremy remembered the day he was promoted, with his father hugging him fiercely.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 11:26:36 GMT -5
"Well, you deserved it." Ally said truthfully, smiling at him again. Even after being kidnapped by a weaselmaid and the fight in the tavern she was still mostly oblivious to the fact that any danger might befall them. "It wasn't long after your promotion that Mater requested you be put in her regiment. She thought a lot of you." Ally held the bow a little tighter, not because she felt threatened but because it made her feel closer to the parent who had once owned it.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 11:31:53 GMT -5
"She requested me? I thought it was just a routine assignment. I didn't think that she thought so highly of me." Jeremy said, astounded, To think that Captain Verbane had actually requested him to be put in her regiment!
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 12:36:40 GMT -5
"Umm, yes, of course." Ally fidgeted slightly and looked away down the path in front of them squinting as if she were looking hard for something. She decided not to mention that it was she who had pointed out the young officer to her mother when the Captain was looking to fill out her ranks for patrol.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 12:45:06 GMT -5
Jeremy was still amazed. Captain Verbane had been the finest shooter on the mountain. Only Colonel Longshot could equal her skill. But Captain Verbane had the title of 'Best Shooter on the Mountain' because she had been born and raised there. Sev was from far away.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 13:08:23 GMT -5
"Papa mentioned you once or twice as well," Ally went on feeling that if her father had something to do with it than maybe some of the 'blame' might be taken off her. Of course it was she who pointed Jeremy out to her patriarch as well. "'E said you were the most polite hare in the whole blinkin' mess." Her father had also once told her that if he was to let any of the young hares on the mountain court her it would have been Jeremy. She blushed again at the memory.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 13:19:50 GMT -5
Jeremy gave a crooked half-smile. "It doesn't take much to be the politest hare in the mess. Most of them have absolutely no manners whatsoever, especially ones my age." he said, reminiscing about the other hares at the mountain.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 14:15:47 GMT -5
Ally was thinking about the mountain as well and wondering again if there had been some ulterior motive to Jeremy's appointment as her protector. She couldn't really say she was sorry for it if there was. She wondered if he noticed how often the two of them seemed to be thrown together. "Jeremy," she began rather shyly. "Why do you think Lord Tausend picked you to come along with me to follow Phil?"
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 14:21:58 GMT -5
"I don't know, but I'm certainly not going to argue with him about it." said Jeremy. "I'm rather glad he sent me with you. It's been really nice. Well, besides when you were kidnapped by the weasel and when we had to fight our way out of the tavern."
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 14:28:51 GMT -5
"I've enjoyed it, too." She moved a bit closer to him and took his paw again. "Except for the nasty bits," she made a face, "although," She smiled again. "It was rather chivalrous for you to come to the blinkin' rescue the way you did. And," She looked down shyly again. "I think my favorite part thus far was when you kissed me."
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 14:36:01 GMT -5
"Yes, well, er, That was my favorite part too." said Jeremy. They were almost to the battlefield. "We're almost to the spot where the battle took place." said Jeremy, changing the subject yet again.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 25, 2008 14:49:21 GMT -5
She had almost thought that he might kiss her again until he changed the subject and threw every thought of romance out of her head. She stopped dead still in her tracks and looked out at the field opening ahead of them through the trees. She wasn't prepared for this. She hadn't steeled herself up for it. "Just give me a minute before we go any further." This was it she was going to see the place where her mother died. There were nearly a score of other hares who perished here too. She grieved silently for them all but for her mother most of all. Then she took a deep breath and squeezed Jeremy's paw for support. "Alright, I'm ready now."
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jun 25, 2008 15:35:56 GMT -5
"Do you want to go in alone?" asked Jeremy. HE didn't want to intrude on her grief for her mother and the others that died here. He had shed his tears that day, so many years ago. That grief had been replaced by cold fury, to be used when necessary.
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