[ Bastien's adjusting, making room on the settee for sitting alongside each other instead of on top of each other, making it a simpler matter to eat from a plate—but then his faintly smiling quiet stretches on a little past that. ]
I know.
[ Not dismissive; touched and grateful. He knows, but he can do with the occasional reminder.
He eats a piece of the bread to silence his stomach, and on the tail of his swallow he says, ]
You don't have to do it to keep me. You know that. But if you do, I will be glad.
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I know.
[ Not dismissive; touched and grateful. He knows, but he can do with the occasional reminder.
He eats a piece of the bread to silence his stomach, and on the tail of his swallow he says, ]
You don't have to do it to keep me. You know that. But if you do, I will be glad.
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I don't think that you'll leave me.
[ A confession that draws a crooked little smile from him; he also can't help adding - ]
Because I'm well convinced you're mad enough to stay. [ Lest it be forgotten: ] You fought a dragon.
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It was a lot less scary than the alternative. A world without your eyes. Your humor and your music and your heart.