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More. There would more of this? Of bloody homecomings and fading smiles, of that quiet panic in his eyes before the extent of the damage had been made clear. How many more times would it take before she went straight for the infirmary, before bothering to return? How many deaths could she carry before she shattered entirely? One was already too much.
Her pained silence said enough of how tough it indeed was to hear that. Her uninjured arm came up to rest at his back, a small hand closing around a handful of his shirt. Holding tight, as if to remind herself why she was not allowed to fall apart. Not if this was truly only the beginning.
"Have you... ever been at war, before?" she asked. Hoarse, unsteady. In all of his many lifetimes - what did this place, these stakes look like, to his eyes?
Her pained silence said enough of how tough it indeed was to hear that. Her uninjured arm came up to rest at his back, a small hand closing around a handful of his shirt. Holding tight, as if to remind herself why she was not allowed to fall apart. Not if this was truly only the beginning.
"Have you... ever been at war, before?" she asked. Hoarse, unsteady. In all of his many lifetimes - what did this place, these stakes look like, to his eyes?
Light is easy to love
Show me your darkness
Show me your darkness
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