And he doesn't answer. Nor does he begin to answer and hesitate. It's not that he doesn't know how to explain; it's that he knows Byerly will understand, between the telling silence and the mildly apologetic tilt of his head, just as quickly as he might explain it out loud.
They agreed to stay out of harm's way as best they could. But that was before sweet old Serah Merle next door was crushed beneath his own roof. And that was before Bastien had seen the family that would be at risk if Corypheus succeeded—too large for him to keep safe, too large to disappear with. He can't stuff them all in a sack and drag them to Gwaren the way he might Byerly.
His littlest sister is somewhere on the frontlines.
He slides his chopped potato aside with his knife to start on a second one. ]
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Date: 2024-06-29 09:23 pm (UTC)And he doesn't answer. Nor does he begin to answer and hesitate. It's not that he doesn't know how to explain; it's that he knows Byerly will understand, between the telling silence and the mildly apologetic tilt of his head, just as quickly as he might explain it out loud.
They agreed to stay out of harm's way as best they could. But that was before sweet old Serah Merle next door was crushed beneath his own roof. And that was before Bastien had seen the family that would be at risk if Corypheus succeeded—too large for him to keep safe, too large to disappear with. He can't stuff them all in a sack and drag them to Gwaren the way he might Byerly.
His littlest sister is somewhere on the frontlines.
He slides his chopped potato aside with his knife to start on a second one. ]