"Maybe in that lifetime. But not in this one. I've spent way too long thinking of Michael as a brother to even try imagining him as something else." The pine cone? Was fascinating. "Besides, he's so in love with Maria..."
"Remember I said we lost our way home?" she asked abruptly. "That's because back in March, when I went home for Alex's funeral we almost wound up leaving then. Ask Peter about the email I sent him," she said with a sad, quiet laugh. "I'm surprised he didn't kill me when I got back here. But the things is, there we were standing in the Granolith, minutes to go before it left, and Michael, who's wanted to go home forever and gave us such a hard time about the ties we have here. Michael chose to stay. For Maria. Because he loves her that much. So as far as we're concerned, there is no betrothal."
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Date: 2006-05-22 08:31 pm (UTC)"Remember I said we lost our way home?" she asked abruptly. "That's because back in March, when I went home for Alex's funeral we almost wound up leaving then. Ask Peter about the email I sent him," she said with a sad, quiet laugh. "I'm surprised he didn't kill me when I got back here. But the things is, there we were standing in the Granolith, minutes to go before it left, and Michael, who's wanted to go home forever and gave us such a hard time about the ties we have here. Michael chose to stay. For Maria. Because he loves her that much. So as far as we're concerned, there is no betrothal."