Sam's Reality: Cape Canaveral, Florida - Kennedy Space Center

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Leeroy wasn't too sure how the night guard at the Kennedy Space Center had acquired Sam's name. He assumed it was the Internet - everything's the Internet's fault these days - but he couldn't be too sure, as the guy looked to be about sixty and the type who wouldn't touch a computer to save his life.

"They're freakin' out the dogs," he said in a Southern accent. "And we ain't been able to photograph 'em, either." He pointed to the large behemoth of metal that could be seen a few miles in the distance. "They're always there."

It was, Leeroy recognized, launch pad 39-B. Jeimu had launched from there not even a year ago.

Why freaks were hanging out around launchpads, Leeroy wasn't certain. He turned to Sam and asked quietly, "What d'you make of all this, eh?"

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She did the same, then headed around the front of the car toward him as Rob watched silently from the back seat.

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Then he embraced her with an almost frightening ferocity. "I was stupid," he whispered.

[i_salted_dean]

-What? Why? How?- She lay her head on his shoulder with a sigh, eyes closing as she just concentrated on the feel and smell and sound of him.

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"I was the one who wanted... and we..." He closed his mouth and looked pensive for a moment.

"I just... wasn't as responsible as I should have been."

[i_salted_dean]

-We both messed up.- Her arm went around his neck as she gave comfort even as she received it.

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"I... guess."

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She sighed again, then lifted her head and looked around, her heart twinging. "We should choose a spot."

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He sighed. "Okay. We have every single campsite to choose from..."

[i_salted_dean]

She nodded and turned to head toward the scrubby woodland, her fingers closing around his as she went.

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He tried to think of something to say, or how he should act, and he simply couldn't. It was as though every impulse had been shut off.

It was numbness. Overwhelming and complete numbness.