[It is a good point L raises: Is that not, of course, the crux of his Bonded's fear? Myr ducks his head in acknowledgment of that, though his verbal response is slower in coming.]
I will not hate you, [he says, at length, lifting his chin. He raises a hand to L's face, feeling to rest his palm against the curve of his Bonded's cheek.] Because I was raised to kill when I must, and war's never fair.
But, [a slow breath out,] there are laws in war and I would ask you not use that memory against him again, if you hold back nothing else. And if you must kill, kill cleanly.
Can you do that?
[There is something--deeply interesting--going on in the Bond between them, something he cannot resolve by feeling into it with half his attention. Even though he hasn't the facility to understand what's changed, it yet feels like a kind of hope to him. Something's made a difference. Something's begun to grow.
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I will not hate you, [he says, at length, lifting his chin. He raises a hand to L's face, feeling to rest his palm against the curve of his Bonded's cheek.] Because I was raised to kill when I must, and war's never fair.
But, [a slow breath out,] there are laws in war and I would ask you not use that memory against him again, if you hold back nothing else. And if you must kill, kill cleanly.
Can you do that?
[There is something--deeply interesting--going on in the Bond between them, something he cannot resolve by feeling into it with half his attention. Even though he hasn't the facility to understand what's changed, it yet feels like a kind of hope to him. Something's made a difference. Something's begun to grow.
Pray they can keep that safe.]