[ Maybe there is some memory of his beloved that comes back too slowly, because Byerly searches for Bastien in all the wrong places. He tries the crystal, sending message after message, as though Bastien would make it some priority to retrieve that object he's not even that fond of. And he searches the Gallows - makes that his first place to look - and only then tries Lowtown, some of the likely spots, and finds Bastien nowhere. And all the while, the panic grows.
If there is one thing that might break what exists between them, it is forgetting. If there is one unforgivable act, one thing that would destroy Bastien's heart, it's forgetting that he exists. And so Byerly fears that the silence, the absence, is because Bastien has gone.
The only reason Byerly returns home before heading out to the stables (to find out if Bastien had left town altogether) is to feed the dogs. Never had it crossed his mind that Bastien would come home. And so he nearly shouts in surprise when he finds him there, hunched over, on the floor. ]
Mon cœur -
[ He stands there, heart thumping, mouth dry, praying to the Maker that Bastien will lift his face so that Byerly can read his expression. What will be there? Betrayal? Anger? Sorrow? ]
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If there is one thing that might break what exists between them, it is forgetting. If there is one unforgivable act, one thing that would destroy Bastien's heart, it's forgetting that he exists. And so Byerly fears that the silence, the absence, is because Bastien has gone.
The only reason Byerly returns home before heading out to the stables (to find out if Bastien had left town altogether) is to feed the dogs. Never had it crossed his mind that Bastien would come home. And so he nearly shouts in surprise when he finds him there, hunched over, on the floor. ]
Mon cœur -
[ He stands there, heart thumping, mouth dry, praying to the Maker that Bastien will lift his face so that Byerly can read his expression. What will be there? Betrayal? Anger? Sorrow? ]