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glacial_queen ([personal profile] glacial_queen) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2011-01-24 01:23 am

Dite's Decadent Delights, Monday Afternoon

It had taken an effort of will to come back to 'Dite's today, but Karla knew from experience that you couldn't hide from things like this forever. You had to get up and face reality, even those places that reminded you most of the people you lost. It was the mature, responsible thing to do, and it avoided the embarrassment of having the servants drag you out from under the bed and take a bath after the fourth day of hiding.

Fortunately, she had a book to distract her. And a plan for her lunch break. Ender was too good a friend to lose, just because he'd told her a few inconvenient truths.