| lynnsaunders ( @ 2005-07-07 16:33:00 |
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Why I love Penumbra: Reason #957
from Parabiosis by Penumbra
SPOILERS here, if that bothers you.
He must know for her sake. She is rare earth, rara avis, the quietest
place inside him.
He sees that the planet is battered and beautiful, an orb scorched and
flooded, lit by watch fires, a place where he has been stung by sea
monsters and healed by holy men. The place where Scully threw in her
lot with his, because she saw where others did not.
I don't think two people could have been happier than we were -
The ship lifts, spins. It will rise through the stratosphere, past the
dying sun and the reaches beyond, and he will believe.