desert places
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Charlie steps through into the second-floor corridor and stands aside, holding the door wide for Olivia to follow her. The air on the other side is dry and cool, with the slight brittle chill that only comes with air conditioning.
"Welcome to Taos," Charlie says, lightly.
"Welcome to Taos," Charlie says, lightly.
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Date: 2014-05-20 03:23 am (UTC)"Your workplace?" she asks.
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Date: 2014-05-20 03:28 am (UTC)They've drawn level with a window, and she pauses to let Olivia take in the view.
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Date: 2014-08-27 02:46 am (UTC)Even with all of the traveling she's done -- inside her own universe, and outside of it -- years in a city make the landscape seem too large. Her eyes lift to the mountains; aside from the scatter of buildings, it's the only major point of interruption.
It doesn't feel wrong, but it does feel strange.
She touches light fingers to the windowsill, then glances back to Charlie as she moves on.
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Date: 2014-08-27 02:47 am (UTC)Glancing back at Olivia, as they reach the stairway at the end of the hall: "Ever been to New Mexico before?"
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Date: 2014-08-27 02:50 am (UTC)"I can see why," she says, tipping her head back the way they came. "It's...a little strange, but it's not a bad kind of strange."
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Date: 2014-08-27 02:55 am (UTC)The pause isn't so much for effect as for breath, as she takes the last few steps. "Then gradually you realize it's not empty. Just not full of the things you used to expect."
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Date: 2014-08-27 03:09 am (UTC)The entryway of Main, as they step out of the stairwell, is full of pale afternoon sunlight.
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Date: 2014-08-27 03:15 am (UTC)"It's nicer than a cabin in the woods," she murmurs, half to herself.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:33 am (UTC)Some days, that seems like all the Cortexiphan kids can do: cope.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:38 am (UTC)"I've told you some about the kids here, right?"
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:39 am (UTC)Which doesn't surprise her; privacy concerns, and all.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:43 am (UTC)Outside the gate is a company car, and a driver waiting -- Eric, as per usual. Charlie gives him a smile and a little wave as soon as they're close enough for him to see it.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:49 am (UTC)"Sure thing, Charlie." He nods to Olivia, tips Charlie a casual salute, and stands back -- and, so subtly one might miss it, glances back at Olivia.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:57 am (UTC)Instead, she opens the passenger side door and settles into the car.
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Date: 2014-09-15 02:59 am (UTC)"Next stop," she says lightly, "corner of no and where."
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Date: 2014-09-15 03:00 am (UTC)But she quirks a smile as she glances at Charlie, then turns her attention to the window to take in the dusty landscape.
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Date: 2014-09-15 03:05 am (UTC)Something small and rusty brown (probably a rabbit, Charlie thinks) bounds away as she pulls the car to a halt, some fifteen minutes from the complex.
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Date: 2014-09-15 03:10 am (UTC)Things won't. Olivia has to hope they won't. But...that's why they're this far from the rest of the complex, isn't it.
She steps from the car and shields her eyes against the sun, casting an assessing look over the spot.
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