Gargoyles' reality. Manhattan General Hospital. Intensive care ward.

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Goliath sighed as he walked through the door and found himself and his alternate in the hospital cafeteria. "I meant to get something to eat, but I'd forgotten."

A young nurse came up behind them and gently poked gargoyle Goliath in the wing. "Excuse me, please. I need coffee NOW."

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"Aye?" said Hudson absently, listening as Elisa told her husband that she'd gotten his gun back and was going home to lock it up and Goliath murmured, and then told her to take Franklin home and get some rest.

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"Though she professes herself to be a cynic at heart," Goliath said, "my Elisa is often a boundless source of belief that all will work itself for the best."

He shook his head at the conversation. "He drives her away... when he could do better to seek comfort from her."

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"Take a peep inside," said Hudson gruffly.

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Sensing that he had, perhaps, overstepped himself, Goliath peeked inside.

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The couple had fallen silent, Goliath holding his wife as closely as he could without hurting her while he hid his face in her hair and lost himself in her nearness.

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"...I was hasty in my judgment."

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"Aye." Hudson looked down the hallway at Xanatos, then started as Elisa came out and booted him gently on the knee, demanding a hug from him as well before she went. He creaked to his feet and did so, then watched her give gargoyle Goliath a wan grin and walk away toward the elevator. "Good Lord, keep her safe, I dinnae think we could take any more right now."

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Somewhere along the line, it seemed, this Hudson had found religion.

"A noble thought, old friend," Goliath said, as he returned the small smile. "One I share."

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Hudson sighed, then looked up at him. "How long're ye here for, lad?"

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"I told my counterpart I would see him through the night. I intend to keep that promise."