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Message: <blockquote data-quote="izillama" data-source="post: 4726706" data-attributes="member: 79171">"Goodbye, I will see you both again though, do not worry about me, I can and will take care of myself."Koln's hug had taken Clover by surprise. It was the first friendly bodily contact she had had in over a week, and she had the feeling that he wasn't one to hand out hugs freely. She felt blessed. His subsequent hugging of Ruby stung her a little (if only because, in comparison, the one he had given Clover had seemed almost forced) but the vision of the two of them intertwined, even for just that one second, set Clover's ashen heart ablaze with a passion that she rarely seemed to feel anymore. That there was hope in the world yet: Even for the damned. She was suddenly apprehensive. As though Koln's final words boded ill. He liked them too much, didn't he? He wouldn't do something silly like really kill himself, would he?Koln was already walking away when Clover found herself catching him by his shirt sleeve and tugging him back gently. He turned, and she wasn't sure what she saw in his face. Resolution? Remorse?Regret?It suddenly seemed imperative that she do something. That she say something to make him promise to not do anything stupid! But she merely stood there and held his sleeve. Something made her deathly afraid to let go. She felt her lips part, "Don't..."And then the words were gone, as intangile as the veil of smoke they were about to place over downtown Denver.  She hoped he saw the pain on her face.</blockquote>

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