[ A promise either of them might break, except it’s really only a promise to try very hard. To take care of himself as if he were taking care of Byerly, because in a way he is.
More creaking. The impulse to cram his feet into his boots and march up to the Diplomacy office in his nightclothes to convince Byerly he wasn’t going to be logicked out of love has passed. He’s lying back down, on one side of the mattress—a silent little I want you here for those nights/mornings Byerly can make the trek between towers. (At least when Alexandrie isn’t staying over. When she is, Bastien takes full advantage of the opportunity to luxuriously sprawl.)
Which leaves that tangle of thoughts about traps and bait to deal with. But it’s not as tightly knotted-up as it was. ]
Do you think it would make a difference? Baiting a trap.
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Deal.
[ A promise either of them might break, except it’s really only a promise to try very hard. To take care of himself as if he were taking care of Byerly, because in a way he is.
More creaking. The impulse to cram his feet into his boots and march up to the Diplomacy office in his nightclothes to convince Byerly he wasn’t going to be logicked out of love has passed. He’s lying back down, on one side of the mattress—a silent little I want you here for those nights/mornings Byerly can make the trek between towers. (At least when Alexandrie isn’t staying over. When she is, Bastien takes full advantage of the opportunity to luxuriously sprawl.)
Which leaves that tangle of thoughts about traps and bait to deal with. But it’s not as tightly knotted-up as it was. ]
Do you think it would make a difference? Baiting a trap.