I think I can manage being collateral damage
"Oh is that so? Good. I was worried that you'd tell me you knew all about flying skyships, playing guitar, and cross-referencing notebooks in 12 different ways." Everest chuckles, though gods knew why those were the three things he thought most likely Isla might ever want to learn from him.
"You were an Accepted originally, weren't you?" Most of what Ever knew of Isla came only after she'd taken command of the Hollowed Grounds and all the work she'd done leading up to the war. "I know there is a little less variety, but really it seems like most of the benefits of being a hybrid without the being cursed part." He says thoughtfully, before pausing. I love you. Everest thinks towards her, knowing she couldn't hear it, which was perhaps the point he was trying to make in the silence he let stretch between them. Smiling softly as he looked down at the glasses in his hands, he waited for her to make her choice before moving across the room.
"The brilliant doctor Lockwood." Everest says as she wisely chooses the white, not that he wouldn't have found some reason to compliment had she chosen the red. Pouring them each a healthy glass if only because he didn't want to have to leave her side too soon if she needed a refill, Ever handed the Remedy her glass before sitting down softly next to her on the bed.
"You were an Accepted originally, weren't you?" Most of what Ever knew of Isla came only after she'd taken command of the Hollowed Grounds and all the work she'd done leading up to the war. "I know there is a little less variety, but really it seems like most of the benefits of being a hybrid without the being cursed part." He says thoughtfully, before pausing. I love you. Everest thinks towards her, knowing she couldn't hear it, which was perhaps the point he was trying to make in the silence he let stretch between them. Smiling softly as he looked down at the glasses in his hands, he waited for her to make her choice before moving across the room.
"The brilliant doctor Lockwood." Everest says as she wisely chooses the white, not that he wouldn't have found some reason to compliment had she chosen the red. Pouring them each a healthy glass if only because he didn't want to have to leave her side too soon if she needed a refill, Ever handed the Remedy her glass before sitting down softly next to her on the bed.
Even if I had to lose you to know you I'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
