Love mends even the broken parts
Loren shrugged. ”If I don’t worry about the future, I’m worried I might not have a future.” Unlike Phoebe, who seemed to be practicing detachment, the summoner’s voice held a frankness to it. He smiled, though, at her question. ”Well there’s this miraculous thing called friendship people keep telling me about. I don’t know how it works, but it’s supposed to work wonders for your emotions.” The words held a lightly teasing tone to them.
It stayed there as she talked about him being his own worst critic. ”Clearly you haven’t met my blood relatives.” Still, he nodded as she asked him to let her come to her own judgments. ”Can do.”
Glancing at the triplets, the summoner smiled a bit guiltily. ”Sorry.” Then, though, his expression hardened. ”Oh shut up with the self-pity.” His voice was weirdly cheerful. ”Very few people are beloved of the gods, very few people have a loving family, and very few can say they’re in charge of a large and important institution, let alone all three. By your metrics, I’m a total waste of space.” Pausing, his eyes searched her features for some sign of how she was feeling. ”I think you’ve got a weird sense of what’s special and what isn’t.” His tone came out quietly, but firmly.
It stayed there as she talked about him being his own worst critic. ”Clearly you haven’t met my blood relatives.” Still, he nodded as she asked him to let her come to her own judgments. ”Can do.”
Glancing at the triplets, the summoner smiled a bit guiltily. ”Sorry.” Then, though, his expression hardened. ”Oh shut up with the self-pity.” His voice was weirdly cheerful. ”Very few people are beloved of the gods, very few people have a loving family, and very few can say they’re in charge of a large and important institution, let alone all three. By your metrics, I’m a total waste of space.” Pausing, his eyes searched her features for some sign of how she was feeling. ”I think you’ve got a weird sense of what’s special and what isn’t.” His tone came out quietly, but firmly.
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