'You must be good, then,' Mel says wistfully. Once, just once, she'd like to be a natural athlete and soar through the air with grace and ease instead of managing it for three seconds and then landing on her bum. Or, memorably, not being able to come down after executing a particularly daring martial arts move.
'Trust me. Park Hall--the estate where I lived? Ugh, total hellhole.' Literally, but Claire didn't need to know that just yet. 'I mean, London looks luminous, what with Bloomsbury and stuff, but it's a dump most of the time.' Mel grins. 'Thankfully, I got out of there.' Yeah, the only downside being you had to die first.
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Date: 2007-09-02 01:01 am (UTC)'Trust me. Park Hall--the estate where I lived? Ugh, total hellhole.' Literally, but Claire didn't need to know that just yet. 'I mean, London looks luminous, what with Bloomsbury and stuff, but it's a dump most of the time.' Mel grins. 'Thankfully, I got out of there.' Yeah, the only downside being you had to die first.