LOREN
Loren let out a huff of laughter. "Not if you're not open to it." Shaking his head, he gave Phoebe a tight-lipped smile.
"It's one of my finer qualities." Clearly self-deprecating, he gave her a faint grin. At her words, though, it faltered. Running a nervous hand through his hair, he shrugged. "I was disowned, so I'm not a very good Launceleyn I'm afraid." Closing his eyes, he sighed. "So just accept it. Simple as that?" Unsurprisingly, he didn't exactly sound as if he believed it.
Running both hands through his hair now, he opened his eyes. "The only love I've ever known that wasn't complicated or twisted in some way was...Abasi. And even that was difficult, and I...didn't do it right." Lowering his hands, he felt them clench into fists. "And that loss is...it's still too raw for me to feel up to letting anyone in again." His voice was quiet and pained.
"It's one of my finer qualities." Clearly self-deprecating, he gave her a faint grin. At her words, though, it faltered. Running a nervous hand through his hair, he shrugged. "I was disowned, so I'm not a very good Launceleyn I'm afraid." Closing his eyes, he sighed. "So just accept it. Simple as that?" Unsurprisingly, he didn't exactly sound as if he believed it.
Running both hands through his hair now, he opened his eyes. "The only love I've ever known that wasn't complicated or twisted in some way was...Abasi. And even that was difficult, and I...didn't do it right." Lowering his hands, he felt them clench into fists. "And that loss is...it's still too raw for me to feel up to letting anyone in again." His voice was quiet and pained.
look at how a single candle can both
defy and define the darkness
defy and define the darkness
