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[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Whatever effect that was supposed to have, it didn't. "Well, that means you and your mommy are more screwed up than I thought."

[~echo~]

"You know, I can also take the effects of my healing away," she said dangerously, balling up one fist.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Conner started to scoff at that, but he realized he really had no idea. If someone could heal, who was to say they couldn't reverse it? The former was freaky enough to him. "Alright, fine. No more insults. To you or your mommy."

[~echo~]

Soon enough, they reached the ferry to take them to the Statue of Liberty. You could see the massive structure in the distance, and Vanessa grinned in excitement. She bought their tickets for them, then led the way to the line to wait for the ferry.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Conner found himself watching her through most of it--buying the tickets and the ride on the ferry. Her childish wonder was admittedly kind of infectious, amusing and charming, but he was still in a grumpy mood.

[~echo~]

As they boarded the ferry, Vanessa gave a little laugh. "I can't believe I'm finally doing this!"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"I can't believe you dragged me into it," Conner muttered under his breath, though loud enough that he clearly wanted her to hear. There was no point in being sulky if no one knew you were being sulky.

[~echo~]

Vanessa gave him a glare and moved around to a different section of the boat. She wasn't going to let him drag her down. So many times she had seen the Statue from her apartment, never seeing it up close, and here it was! The moment she'd been waiting for her entire life.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

When the time came, Conner followed the rest of the giddy tourists up the long trek to the top of the huge statue. He never really seemed winded, but even he had to admit... It was a long climb.

[~echo~]

Vanessa was so excited she could hardly express herself. Then, she arrived at the top and she gasped as she looked out a window, drawing a few weird looks. "Wow... this is incredible. It's better than I could have imagined..."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Conner followed her and looked out over the city. Even he had to admit, the view was spectacular, even for a man who spent most of his time on the tops or sides of buildings. You could see everything, the magnificent skyline, and the stretch of ocean that met with the horizon.

[~echo~]

Vanessa watched him for a second, then looked back over the city. "This is amazing. I wish I could just stay up here."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Maybe you could hide behind one of those viewing thingies and make yourself a nest after everyone leaves," Conner said wryly.

[~echo~]

She chuckled at him, but tried to cover it up with sarcasm. "Very clever, Conner."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"You're right, it wouldn't work," Conner said, sounding serious now. "You didn't bring a sleeping bag. Or a toothbrush."

[~echo~]

She g

[~echo~]

She glared at him, but didn't grace him with a response. Instead, she took out a couple coins and popped them into the binocular thing, looking in it. "Hey, I can see our apartment from here."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Conner moved to her shoulder and frowned over the edge, not seeing much with the naked eye. "If you say so."

[~echo~]

"Do you want to look?" she asked, offering him the binocular thing.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Conner shrugged. "I doubt there's anything to see in there that I can't go see up close."