scurlock: (thinking)
Josiah 'Doc' Scurlock ([personal profile] scurlock) wrote 2012-12-20 12:46 am (UTC)

"Thank you, it does," he says. "Especially..."

His eyes close as his mind replays the visions from earlier - of Christmas past.

The idea of Yen and Jonathan being gone makes his head swim a bit, but he forces his eyes open once again - this image is too precious to ignore, and he knows that they won't have much time here.

"Especially after what I saw earlier," he finishes.

It isn't a particularly lavish occasion here in Tallapoosa County, but it is familiar, and a welcome familiarity that he hasn't felt in many years.

"I wonder if she's told them I ain't dead," he says, of his mother. "I know it came as a blessin' to her when I came back, after the years...but I don't know if she'd tell 'em. Not sure if it'd be safe to have folks know...but livin' like this is hard," he admits.

At least you are livin'. Don't you forget that, Scurlock, he thinks. It's a sobering reminder.

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