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Did you know you were my hero?

Who: Orchid and Jaeger
When: Age six or so.
What: Two children in an orphanage are lonely.

She eyed her fingers a long moment, liking how they were staying purple this time. She liked when she was purple, it felt...right. And the doctors the orphanage took them to said her skin seemed to hold more and more chromatophores as she aged. Soon, no doubt, she'd stay purple. She liked that idea. "Better?" she asked softly, fingers soothing in circles along Jaeger's temples.

They were in the attic, a place they went when it was raining so it was less intelligent to sneak out officially. The sound of rain was obvious up here, a pounding wash that made her sigh and breath deeply, "spring rains are here..." she crooned softly, fingers still working. "I missed them..." Some days it seemed there just wasn't enough water in the world, or her room. Jaeger was working on something to fix that though, and the doctors were tired of seeing her for dehydration.

Perhaps it was her meds, those seemed to have a dehydrating effect, and they weren't helping Jaeger's headaches much honestly. "Can you open the shutters?" she asked him softly, tucking a stolen blanket around him tighter. It would get cold with the slats open but the damp would be so nice...

...she hated to ask him to use his powers when he had a headache but if she didn't give his brain a path for the use it would start throwing things around and that...

...that didn't seem right honestly. But they managed yes, they tried to test their powers together instead of in labs because labs...

...labs scared her. And she couldn't really tell people WHY. She didn't need them to decide she was properly crazy because she had some very...bad memories in her head. "And I don't think we're eating enough," she admitted quietly. "We're burning too many calories when we use our powers, could be part if the headaches. I'll start growing things for us in a corner plot..."

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"I don't have all the answers Orchid!"

"Neither do I, I just thought if you said we could stop them you'd know HOW!"

"I can't THINK like this! But you won't let me not go!" He growled.

"I don't know a way to stop them!"

"We. Don't. Go." He growled. "But since you won't let that happen I guess I'll go and let them give me more fucking drugs that make my head feel like its being crushed from the inside out. Or whatever else they want to do to me."

"It's doctors Jaeger, that's what the adults believe, and they will MAKE US. That's what I'm saying!" But since he was yelling she was pulling hands off his head and...scooting closer to the window yes.

he actually ... passed out when she did. Maybe that was a good thing... who really knew.

She sat by the window a touch longer getting a handle on herself, or as much as a six year old ever had honestly, then crept back to curl up next to him. Warmer that way yes.

It really absolutely sucked when the pain didn't even go away in his sleep. It made the nightmares so much worse.

At least she was there? She did try to...always be there? It was all she could do sometimes. She didn't LIKE these headaches, and she REALLY wished these had been real doctors...

Sometimes it meant nosebleeds and not waking up for classes. They came for him then, while Orchid was in lessons. "Just the boy today." The guy spoke to the front desk.

The older lady blinked and glanced at her scheduler, "we called to let you know he's ill today..."

"All the better. Perhaps we can figure out the root of it all." He noted.

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"I'll have to call Ms. Phinny, give me a moment," she sighed, dialing. A few comments then..."wait here."

It was Ms. Phinny that touched Jaeger's shoulder gently in his room? "Honey? How are you doing?"

"Go away..." He groaned. He felt like shit still. The headache wasn't going away instead travelling down his neck and shoulders.

"They came to pick you up for testing Jaeger and they think they may be able to help with the headache. If you feel up to it I'll let them back but if not I think we need to think about the ER okay?"

"No!" He screamed. "They're not doctors! I don't want to go!"

"Don't scream at me!" she noted. "Please Jaeger. I know you're in pain but that's why we need to see doctors. We'll go to the ER okay? Can you sit up to get dressed?"

"Nooooo... Want Orchid!"

"Honey she's in class, we'll stop by the school on the way to the ER though okay?"

"I'm not going anywhere without Orchid!"

"Then you need to stop screaming. If you keep screaming bloody murder that means you NEED to go the ER right now," she noted firmly. "If you want to wait I'll get more ice for your head and let you rest."

"I won't let you take me!" He growled the bed starting to shake violently.

"Jaeger!" she noted sharply, "I TOLD YOU YOU COULD WAIT IF YOU COULD BE QUIET. Pay attention." Panicking at the boy never helped after all.

"Go away! You can't see what's right in front of your face! They DID THIS TO ME!"

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