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Blue Sun Job, Part 6: More Life That Was

Thursday, June 3, 2004

Continuing Mal's and Zoe's backstory and how it relates to their relationship now, and the ongoing Blue Sun robbery.

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Blue Sun Job, Part 6: More Life That Was


Sequel to the





Chinese:

No critical dialog using actual Chinese characters

狗屎 = go se = crap
他妈的 = ta ma duh = f*ck, or motherf*cking
闭嘴 = bee-jway = shut up

Blue Sun Job: More Life That Was
靑日 Job: More Life That Was

More Life That Was... five years earlier...

There’d never been any discussion on the matter. Not then. Not later. Not ever. They walked out of the Alliance prison on Beta side-by-side. It was the moment they could have shaken hands and went their separate ways. Instead they turned a corner in unison and continued on together then and ever. Even the times they were apart or off in different directions for a spell, there was no questioning that it was temporary and the other would step back into place at any time. He hadn’t led and she hadn’t followed. They’d gone on their path together.

They walked with no particular destination. Despite over two years on this world they knew almost nothing about it or the city they were in; didn’t know which way they ought to head. One direction was as good as another as long as it was away from that gorram place. Just being out in the open and free created an odd and no

Comments
Thursday, 03 June 2004 23:46
This is so very shiny! Loving it, just wish it was all up and posted so I could read and wallow in it. *Xiexie ni*, I particularly loved the part where Zoe deliberately brings Mal back to his senses before he can tip off the feds to the murderous thoughts in his eyes. Those two work so well together and you show that beautifully. Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me
ANONYMOUS
Friday, 04 June 2004 13:29
"Who knew that defeat wasn’t a moment. It was a continual, on-going thing."

This is perfect.
Friday, 04 June 2004 14:23
Must echo Anonymous :

""Who knew that defeat wasn’t a moment. It was a continual, on-going thing."

This is perfect."

Perfect.

What I love about the way you write this relationship is the prickliness, the absolute physical and emotional equality between Mal and Zoe. Beautiful.

Being more than a little in love with Mal, it's good to be reminded that he's not a traditional whiter-than-white hero and that he can be petty, foolhardy and downright dangerous sometimes.

Another chapter to treasure.

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