[ Oh are we not slowing down FINE ALRIGHT HE CAN DO THAT. ]
I'm not making this choice right now, Davina. I don't want you roped into their mess any more than you do me, and they've done nothing to bring me back twice over now. I know that. [ And there's anger in him, too, narrowed eyes and bared teeth and at this rate the candles will be gone very soon. he shakes his head, to shake it off. Sighs, and it's aggravation more than it is resignation. ]
Look - I promise I'll stay put for as long as you say I need to. Okay?
[ And it's so easy to give her his word. He doesn't think it through, not really, but it's there, between admitting she has a point, and feeling betrayed, and feeling indebted. This is his olive branch. ]
But I'm not gonna just snap my fingers and be okay with someone trying to murder my niece. [ Blood is blood, after all. ]
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I'm not making this choice right now, Davina. I don't want you roped into their mess any more than you do me, and they've done nothing to bring me back twice over now. I know that. [ And there's anger in him, too, narrowed eyes and bared teeth and at this rate the candles will be gone very soon. he shakes his head, to shake it off. Sighs, and it's aggravation more than it is resignation. ]
Look - I promise I'll stay put for as long as you say I need to. Okay?
[ And it's so easy to give her his word. He doesn't think it through, not really, but it's there, between admitting she has a point, and feeling betrayed, and feeling indebted. This is his olive branch. ]
But I'm not gonna just snap my fingers and be okay with someone trying to murder my niece. [ Blood is blood, after all. ]