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The red, swollen gash on Josephine's thigh had consumed her attention as she sat with Burt on the couch in the office. The smell of Burt's joint didn't even bother her as much as it normally would have. She wasn't herself - not lately. She had no motivation to snatch the small, smelly object from his stubby hands and throw it in the trash. Her mind was everywhere, her thoughts ran wild but one thought she always seemed to run back to was Freddie. She hadn't seen him since Ximena tragically became a victim of their awful mess only a few days ago.
Seth paced the floor, the glass in his hand that contained his liquor went back and forth hitting the sides like it's own wave pool. Richard stared intently at his restless brother clearly growing annoyed with the simple action of him walking.
Seth's back and forth stroll came to a halt as he faced a very relaxed Burt. "Do you mind?" Seth kicked Burt's feet off of the coffee table. Burt sat up abruptly scowling at the older Gecko.
"How come she gets to do it?" Burt motioned to Josephine, waving his joint in front of the young girl.
"She lives here and is injured," Seth rolled his eyes as if his point was obvious to the world. Burt rolled his eyes, had a stare down with the brother before raising the joint to his lips.
Seth didn't say anymore and went back to his anxious pacing and annoying his younger brother in doing so.
Burt looked over at the side tracked girl and followed her gaze to her leg. His voice was soft as he spoke, "You know you can heal that right? Close your eyes, place your hand over it and focus. The Banshee will do the rest of the work."
Josephine stared at him wondering if he was serious and he nodded to her leg for her to give it a try.
Josephine furrowed her brows before looking back down at the wound. She put her hand over it and closed her eyes, focusing on it. Underneath her palm, she could feel the skin moving together. She thought considering that her skin was being pulled longer would hurt but it was completely painless. When she lifted her hand up, her leg looked good as new. There wasn't even a small scar where she was stabbed.
Richard played no attention to what the girl had just did, he was to busy shooting daggers at his brother to notice. All the aggravation built up in him until he snapped, "Seth, would you just sit the fuck down already?"
"No, I can't, Richard. That's the whole point, all right?" Seth continued to walk around the room, "I'm tired of sitting down, waiting for the next attack. We need to be making a move right now."
Richard glared at his brother before looking back down at the book he was reading, "Look, it says right here, when the Lords first crossed over, they were "possessed of Xibalba". That sounds like what happened to me."
"And what could happened to me." Josephine added.
"I swear to God, I don't even know why you two bother with that shit. None of it makes any sense." Seth shook his head, growing irritated with the two people whom he was closest with.
