Tommy glanced over as she took her seat beside him, giving Lauren a small, soft smile and squeezing her hand as their fingers linked. He wasn't quite sure what he was feeling in her...some thin, gleaming wire of a thing too hard to be hope and too strong to be despair. Still, there was a gentleness in her manner, a silent apology of sorts, and he patted her hand to let her know he understood as an older gentleman walked to the podium set up at the front of the mausoleum.
"Martin Mackenroy...he's the leader of the Fraternity for the West Coast." Tommy whispered to her for her own edification before Martin began to speak, his soft Southern drawl ringing out throughout the room.
"Three lost souls and one fallen soldier...that's who we're here to honor today. We know that Leo, Jennifer, and Alice can't hear us now, but wherever she is, we hope that Rachel hears us and sees us today...and knows that we remember her as a wonderful young woman, and celebrate the warrior she could have been. We celebrate the blessing of her death, the preservation of her soul, and with her brothers and sisters we acknowledge the beauty of her end, and the necessity of our own. Leo, Jen, and Alice are forever gone...but in their stead, the legacy they fought for lives on."
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Date: 2008-09-01 03:49 pm (UTC)"Martin Mackenroy...he's the leader of the Fraternity for the West Coast." Tommy whispered to her for her own edification before Martin began to speak, his soft Southern drawl ringing out throughout the room.
"Three lost souls and one fallen soldier...that's who we're here to honor today. We know that Leo, Jennifer, and Alice can't hear us now, but wherever she is, we hope that Rachel hears us and sees us today...and knows that we remember her as a wonderful young woman, and celebrate the warrior she could have been. We celebrate the blessing of her death, the preservation of her soul, and with her brothers and sisters we acknowledge the beauty of her end, and the necessity of our own. Leo, Jen, and Alice are forever gone...but in their stead, the legacy they fought for lives on."