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𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛 ([personal profile] thirsted) wrote 2024-10-19 06:04 pm (UTC)

True enough. To be the subject of an attempted assassination twice in the span of as many weeks is hardly nothing.

[ Friends. A strange word, but one he's becoming more and more used to. He'd hated the ribbon when they'd worn it, but — would they be friends, now, had they not suffered it together, had they not shared what he can only imagine they've rarely, if ever, shared with anyone else?

Perhaps more importantly, she does not shun nor pity him for it. That is a gift, in and of itself.
]

I do not think anyone could fault your actions, my dear. The game seems designed to force our hands, besides.

[ Granted, he's always put self-preservation over magnanimity, but. ]

I'd like that. In this game, and beyond.

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