[ He doesn't answer it, because it's not a conversation he wants to have, at least not often. Doesn't want people to know what exactly he is capable of.
He doesn't pull away from her hold either, just grips back as firmly, keeping his hand in her lap. But there is surprise there, he expect her to pull away.
He fumbles a little, when she began to tear up. No one but Emily, and Jessamine when she had been too young to keep it to herself, cried near him -- or anyone for that matter. He'd protected them, then. ( that was what you used to do, wasn't it? )
He's not sure, exactly, what is best so he goes with what he knows. He shifts a little, his free arm around her shoulder and tugged her close to his side. ]
I know what it is to have the world despise and fear you for what was never your fault.
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He doesn't pull away from her hold either, just grips back as firmly, keeping his hand in her lap. But there is surprise there, he expect her to pull away.
He fumbles a little, when she began to tear up. No one but Emily, and Jessamine when she had been too young to keep it to herself, cried near him -- or anyone for that matter. He'd protected them, then. ( that was what you used to do, wasn't it? )
He's not sure, exactly, what is best so he goes with what he knows. He shifts a little, his free arm around her shoulder and tugged her close to his side. ]
I know what it is to have the world despise and fear you for what was never your fault.