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Sep. 4th, 2016 09:36 pm{Continued from here}
Sinric heads down the stairs and out into the gardens, a wrap pulled around his shoulders and his hair still damp. He breathes in the scent of approaching evening as if committing it to memory before turning towards the lake.
He has no idea which way Athelstan might have gone but the lake always seems like a good place to start.
Sinric heads down the stairs and out into the gardens, a wrap pulled around his shoulders and his hair still damp. He breathes in the scent of approaching evening as if committing it to memory before turning towards the lake.
He has no idea which way Athelstan might have gone but the lake always seems like a good place to start.
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:06 pm (UTC)"If you feel able to", Athelstan agrees, "why not?"
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:10 pm (UTC)"Just don't fall", Athelstan warns. "If you break your leg, I would have to leave you to fetch help."
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:18 pm (UTC)He holds up the basket to receive them.
"Did you have much chance to climb trees as a child?"
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:25 pm (UTC)"You went out there with tents? Or just slept under the trees?"
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:36 pm (UTC)"Of course. It wasn't the luxury he was running away from."
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:43 pm (UTC)Athelstan lifts the basket again.
"And no one could begrudge him a short holiday from the responsibilities, providing he returned."
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Date: 2016-09-10 01:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 01:59 pm (UTC)Athelstan shrugs.
"The clever ones would take it as a chance to prove themselves."
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Date: 2016-09-10 02:11 pm (UTC)The memory no longer hurts as it once might have, now he knows Leo is dead.
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Date: 2016-09-10 02:13 pm (UTC)"Ah." He grimaces. "Yes, Constantine would have been more - amenable to allowing that."
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Date: 2016-09-11 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-11 10:12 am (UTC)"Well, you were only a child. And even when older, he likely shielded you from most of the complications of it."
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Date: 2016-09-11 11:26 am (UTC)Athelstan nods.
"And if it was all-encompassing outside that room, it must have been a welcome reprieve."
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Date: 2016-09-11 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-11 11:34 am (UTC)"People from the future are living in a different world", he points out gently. "Perhaps it is a better one in many ways, but they can't understand. You and I were both exceptionally lucky in our slavery."
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Date: 2016-09-11 11:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-11 11:41 am (UTC)"To give us the memories of happiness, at least."
He shifts closer, watching Sinric's precarious position.
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