Without letting go of the neck of the bottle, he scratched his chin and listed away from her, then swayed back. "I was one of the best," he said softly. "First from the peninsula to be accepted to the Agency. I don't think I ever thought of it as collecting people. I just don't like to let go."
He caught the silhouette of a boy out the corner of his eye, but when he looked over, the shape was gone. Yeah, he didn't really wonder where the impulse to hold on came from. He didn't wonder why the Agency approved policy of not getting attached in the first place had resonated so strongly back then, either.
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Date: 2008-04-09 03:37 am (UTC)He caught the silhouette of a boy out the corner of his eye, but when he looked over, the shape was gone. Yeah, he didn't really wonder where the impulse to hold on came from. He didn't wonder why the Agency approved policy of not getting attached in the first place had resonated so strongly back then, either.