contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[bouchonne]

[ And Byerly just stares after her.

He wonders, for a moment, who Gwenaelle thinks he is. What she expects of him. What she wants him to be. He has no idea how close that thing is to who he actually is.

But - Well, whatever. If he can bring her some measure of peace tonight, so be it. He's not certain whether he actually has, but...So be it. ]

[elegiaque]

( after a short time, aggrieved: )

Hardie!

( he busses his head against whiskey, rises. regards byerly with the look of one greatly put upon, and then follows dutifully after her.

and then it's just quiet, and eventually they must both be sleeping. she'll leave in the morning. )