[ He barely knew those details, they weren't his to know. He had just been told she will be spared the worst of it and that -- he guesses they had made enough of a point to Terra, about loyalty between them all. If it had not existed before, it did now. And there's that too real pang there, of loyalty, of the need to protect. They are not his duty, they are not the collection of things that he cannot call wife and daughter, but they have kept him solid, they have kept them there, and he grips that with fingers like talons. Because they opened the door and let him back in.
That means the world, and it's more than he deserves. He thinks Jessamine would want that, but she cannot tell him anymore. He doesn't know what she would think of him, anymore. ]
Of course. [ Habits, when a lady stands ( except no, not that process, she's a commander, he has always been a commander probably. he cannot think of her in another description of terms except the ones that beget duty and it is expected to stand when a superior officer does ), that he does too. Arms braced and he jerks his head at the bottle. ] Take it. Fair. [ He expects her to refuse, but he knows he'd be remiss if he didn't. ]
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That means the world, and it's more than he deserves. He thinks Jessamine would want that, but she cannot tell him anymore. He doesn't know what she would think of him, anymore. ]
Of course. [ Habits, when a lady stands ( except no, not that process, she's a commander, he has always been a commander probably. he cannot think of her in another description of terms except the ones that beget duty and it is expected to stand when a superior officer does ), that he does too. Arms braced and he jerks his head at the bottle. ] Take it. Fair. [ He expects her to refuse, but he knows he'd be remiss if he didn't. ]