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Two of my brothers are on my list too. I know what it's like.
Vega,
[Benedict lengthens his stride to match Vega's pace from behind and nearby, hands folded behind his back, the picture of a gentleman.]
How've you been settling in? [let's pretend no other conversations have occurred before this one] I know it hasn't been, um. Easy.
[Benedict lengthens his stride to match Vega's pace from behind and nearby, hands folded behind his back, the picture of a gentleman.]
How've you been settling in? [let's pretend no other conversations have occurred before this one] I know it hasn't been, um. Easy.
I didn't have a plan. But I fought them once already.
Edited (words) 2024-08-15 03:16 (UTC)
You might've already heard, but I remember you needed new things— they're not new, exactly, but I have an excess of dresses and they won't set you back quite so much as the couturiers will. Or at all, I just need the space in my wardrobe.
( gwenaëlle briefly hopes vega doesn't take being thought of amiss; hesitates, and then ends the message rather than trying to awkwardly mitigate that before it's happened. either she'll be pleased or not. )
( gwenaëlle briefly hopes vega doesn't take being thought of amiss; hesitates, and then ends the message rather than trying to awkwardly mitigate that before it's happened. either she'll be pleased or not. )
(Vega's shoulders instantly go up to her ears and she slaps his arm instinctively, a brief pap with her palm — be louder! But this is the most she will chide him for it, so he's getting off lightly.)
Just fine. (It's a quick, tight response.) Why are you asking?
Just fine. (It's a quick, tight response.) Why are you asking?
(Vega thinks about this for a moment, staring at him as she mentally weighs pros and cons.)
... Yes. (And then, after a pause, she forgets about maintaining good posture and leans in conspiratorily.) I may be able to get something on her, that could help. If we were to choose the stick.
... Yes. (And then, after a pause, she forgets about maintaining good posture and leans in conspiratorily.) I may be able to get something on her, that could help. If we were to choose the stick.
Why? It's not like I'm ever going to see them again. [ and good for her! ]
We should be discussing your plan.
We should be discussing your plan.
[the smack is enough to stop him in his tracks, briefly staring at Vega with a lost expression-- you hit me!!-- before he remembers what he was doing.]
I thought, [he stumbles, getting back on track,] perhaps our reunion wasn't as, [a pause.]
...smooth. As it ought to have been.
I thought, [he stumbles, getting back on track,] perhaps our reunion wasn't as, [a pause.]
...smooth. As it ought to have been.
In an hour, [ he agrees. ]
[ And he's on time this time. Early, even, and dressed in the nicest of his waistcoats — which happens to be his only waistcoat, and a little ill-fitted at that, worn at the sides where his palms flatten the hem now and then.
They haven't met, but Riftwatch isn't so large he doesn't have enough of a guess, when she enters, to stand from the table he's chosen— ]
Lady Arany, [ he ventures, in manners that feel equally ill-fitted. ]
[ And he's on time this time. Early, even, and dressed in the nicest of his waistcoats — which happens to be his only waistcoat, and a little ill-fitted at that, worn at the sides where his palms flatten the hem now and then.
They haven't met, but Riftwatch isn't so large he doesn't have enough of a guess, when she enters, to stand from the table he's chosen— ]
Lady Arany, [ he ventures, in manners that feel equally ill-fitted. ]
[is that what he's saying? sure.]
Yes, [he decides, with conviction.]
Yes, [he decides, with conviction.]
[He smiles, straightening a little.]
Fine,
[this is easy,]
how are you?
Fine,
[this is easy,]
how are you?
[Pausing to think:]
seven years?
[Maker, has it really been that long?]
Well-- give or take. Um. [let's not focus on that,]
How'd you get the shard?
seven years?
[Maker, has it really been that long?]
Well-- give or take. Um. [let's not focus on that,]
How'd you get the shard?
[Benedict's mouth opens, then closes again.]
I--
[don't tell her the details don't tell her the details]
--maybe?
I--
[don't tell her the details don't tell her the details]
--maybe?
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