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Their rooms are as neat as ever but there are signs of Ragnar's presence - horn cups on the mantle, a tunic draped over the back of a chair.
Sinric guides Athelstan to sit on the edge of the bed. "Can I get you some mead? Or something to eat?"
Their rooms are as neat as ever but there are signs of Ragnar's presence - horn cups on the mantle, a tunic draped over the back of a chair.
Sinric guides Athelstan to sit on the edge of the bed. "Can I get you some mead? Or something to eat?"
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Date: 2015-09-11 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-11 02:15 pm (UTC)"Not as badly... but I wouldn't turn down the offer."
He gives Sinric a crooked smile.
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Date: 2015-09-12 06:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:01 am (UTC)"It's rather needed."
He stretches and lies down on the bed.
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:05 am (UTC)Not that the wounds across Athelstan's back are starting to heal, he can use more pressure, getting into knots in Athelstan's back he feared to put too much pressure on last time.
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:10 am (UTC)They're beyond any danger of breaking open now, at least in any significant way. Athelstan groans as Sinric digs into his tense back.
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:16 am (UTC)"This is the only place I can relax", he says softly into the pillow.
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:20 am (UTC)"I pray it always will be. That the door will be there when I need it."
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:30 am (UTC)"If the door is there", he says gently, "I wouldn't doubt you. Unless life got in the way."
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:37 am (UTC)"For as long as you feel it can", he agrees, face half-hidden by the pillow. "Sinric - if the worst came to the worst and the door wasn't there - would you forgive me for not keeping my promise?"
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:43 am (UTC)"That isn't the promise I meant", he says quietly. "And I can't - what King Ecbert will do if I displease him - would be the worst thing."
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:50 am (UTC)"If it was one death or the other, with no third way open to me", Athelstan says quietly, unable to meet Sinric's eyes, "I know which I would choose."
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 10:56 am (UTC)"I'm sorry."
He closes his eyes, thinking he has the answer to his question.
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Date: 2015-09-12 11:04 am (UTC)It's a long, painful moment before he returns, carrying something small wrapped in a scape of silk. He kneel on the edge of the bed and unwraps it. Inside is a small, very sharp damascus steel knife. "I have carried this since the day I returned to the palace. I swore to myself I would die before I let Leo touch me again."
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Date: 2015-09-12 11:07 am (UTC)Athelstan's eyes snap open, fixing on the knife.
"Sinric", is all he says, but there's a wealth of things in it.
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Date: 2015-09-12 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-12 11:15 am (UTC)"At the last", he whispers. "I would pass through every door on the way to the cross praying for it to lead here. But if none did, then before they stripped me..."
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