[ He doesn't grimace or fidget now that he's stopped being a big baby about this, even if he can still feel the sting of the brand as the fresh bandages cross over his skin. ]
It isn't that you're a bother at all.
[ He's grateful. It's hard to want for anyone's company—or rather, he isn't used to asking for it, or expecting it—but he finds it a surprising balm to have Sylvain's support, unprompted and consistent.
And it should be uncomplicated too, but it isn't. ]
I just don't want to retread the same mistakes.
[ Sylvain's service to Faerghus is what killed him. Or maybe it was being friends with Dimitri. Either way, he wonders how differently things should go this time. ]
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It isn't that you're a bother at all.
[ He's grateful. It's hard to want for anyone's company—or rather, he isn't used to asking for it, or expecting it—but he finds it a surprising balm to have Sylvain's support, unprompted and consistent.
And it should be uncomplicated too, but it isn't. ]
I just don't want to retread the same mistakes.
[ Sylvain's service to Faerghus is what killed him. Or maybe it was being friends with Dimitri. Either way, he wonders how differently things should go this time. ]