[ pros and cons, ernesto warned her. there are pros and cons to this conversation, this communion of souls. and even with the self-possession of someone who's lived hundreds of years, traveled through hundreds of worlds, she can't help but see the worst con of them all: trusting someone enough.
even you? softly, quietly lingers in the void of their thoughts before it's dismissed, wiped clean from the slate as if it's never existed there. ]
I'll manage as I always have.
[ she's the famed traveler, after all. he should know better than anyone else, for all his declarations and pronouncements of their one-sided rivalry.
there's a lengthy pause, indistinct emotions waning and waxing like twinkling stars, before words start to form once more. ]
Should you be telling me all this? This might compromise your position in the Regent's circle.
no subject
even you? softly, quietly lingers in the void of their thoughts before it's dismissed, wiped clean from the slate as if it's never existed there. ]
I'll manage as I always have.
[ she's the famed traveler, after all. he should know better than anyone else, for all his declarations and pronouncements of their one-sided rivalry.
there's a lengthy pause, indistinct emotions waning and waxing like twinkling stars, before words start to form once more. ]
Should you be telling me all this? This might compromise your position in the Regent's circle.