"I'd still feel better if we had a few to pick from," Karla said. "Like...I don't know, unjinxing us maybe? You know, like when you prepare for a bunch of bad things and none of them actually happen? Kinda like that."
It felt foolish even to say aloud; the Darkness didn't actually work like that. But one of the reasons she loved Warren so much was because she could say foolish things in front of him and he loved her no less for them.
"And besides, this way we don't end up naming her Sophronia or Inga or Warrenina in a panic." Before he could say anything she added, "That's not technically Warren."
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Date: 2015-01-10 06:34 am (UTC)It felt foolish even to say aloud; the Darkness didn't actually work like that. But one of the reasons she loved Warren so much was because she could say foolish things in front of him and he loved her no less for them.
"And besides, this way we don't end up naming her Sophronia or Inga or Warrenina in a panic." Before he could say anything she added, "That's not technically Warren."