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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Synchronicity" data-source="post: 1637740" data-attributes="member: 10070">Paul O'Reiley, aka Bulwark"Well, there's not that much to tell...it's just me, my Mom, Dad, and Jennifer - that's my sister. She's the clever one; I always figured that she got the brains, and I got the brawn." Paul smiles as he speaks, obviously proud of his sister's intelligence. "The men in our family have a long history of working in construction, and I'm no different, but Jennifer's something special. We all reckon she could really do great things, if she had the chance. We're hoping we can get her a good education, if we can find the money somewhere, but since..." Paul falters and looks down at his plate, his carefree expression shifting into a frown. He stares at his half eaten food for a moment before he speaks again, still not looking at any of the others. "Well, that isn't important. Like I said, not much to tell." In contrast to his earlier manner, Paul's words this time are terse, and he seems...angry? or is it unhappy? - but not with Lily, rather with..himself? The big man begins to pay determined attention to his food, avoiding eye contact, and a frown creases his brow, his usual smile absent.'Dammit, Paul. What's past is past. You've got to stop dwelling on it. Of course, that's easy to say and much harder to do..especially when it was all my fault.'</blockquote>