BASTIEN
Bastien could see Deimos hold back a sigh and well, this was not a job anyone would really want; still, he thankfully agreed. With a not-really-there forced smile of gratitude, he waited until everyone else was gone (giving the customary, also-forced 'thank you for coming' to the few that stopped) then looked over at the room himself. The laid out chairs, the ornate stars and the damn portrait staring at them both.
If Rexanna herself was watching, had she liked it? He wished he could ask her.
"I...am going to put away the painting and the ashes. Could you possibly start by stacking the chairs?" He asked, struggling to not let his voice shake but somehow managing. Without waiting for an answer he walked to the end of the room and gently lifted the painting off the alter. "You know...I painted this a couple of weeks ago." He said as he held it before him, eyes searching over the canvas as if looking for an answer his past self had left. "We never know what we have until it is gone. I lost everything once...and I suppose I will have to pull myself back now as I did then, but...what when it all crumbles again?" His hands shook; he took a breath and turned, going to put the painting in a stack of frames in the corner. "Sorry. Rambling seems to come to me a lot right now."
If Rexanna herself was watching, had she liked it? He wished he could ask her.
"I...am going to put away the painting and the ashes. Could you possibly start by stacking the chairs?" He asked, struggling to not let his voice shake but somehow managing. Without waiting for an answer he walked to the end of the room and gently lifted the painting off the alter. "You know...I painted this a couple of weeks ago." He said as he held it before him, eyes searching over the canvas as if looking for an answer his past self had left. "We never know what we have until it is gone. I lost everything once...and I suppose I will have to pull myself back now as I did then, but...what when it all crumbles again?" His hands shook; he took a breath and turned, going to put the painting in a stack of frames in the corner. "Sorry. Rambling seems to come to me a lot right now."
If we should be arrested before we sleep
I'll see you outside in a few days or in a few weeks
I'll see you outside in a few days or in a few weeks
