Continuing to argue here won't win him anything, though he does make a breath of a noise--a start of a word--like he'd carry the fight against both of them. Then the breath sighs from his lungs, unused. (A small, dimly amused part of him notes that L and Viren make a marvelous team, though they've between them got an unfair advantage against him: He can't focus on either of them long enough to speak to each man's particular concerns.
It does not help, either, his Bonds pull him in two very different directions: Viren apparently mollified and tempered by this resolution and L--
L still an unsettled self-regarding bleakness that Myr imagines he will have to untangle bit by bit when he's more equipped to help with it.)]
We--are of an understanding, yes. I hear both of you. I will tell you if I've any further cause for concern about him.
[Because that seems like the most control he can have over the unraveling situation, in the moment. He rubs at his face again, pulling his turbulent emotions inward before they can stain his Bonds any further.] Maker watch over you, Viren.
Linden--do we have more to talk about? [It is not an empty question; he's just been left so unsettled himself he's not sure where to begin on this one.
Maybe by setting it down for a few hours so they can approach it anew, for the way it's gotten tangled up in L's own fears...will require delicacy.]
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Continuing to argue here won't win him anything, though he does make a breath of a noise--a start of a word--like he'd carry the fight against both of them. Then the breath sighs from his lungs, unused. (A small, dimly amused part of him notes that L and Viren make a marvelous team, though they've between them got an unfair advantage against him: He can't focus on either of them long enough to speak to each man's particular concerns.
It does not help, either, his Bonds pull him in two very different directions: Viren apparently mollified and tempered by this resolution and L--
L still an unsettled self-regarding bleakness that Myr imagines he will have to untangle bit by bit when he's more equipped to help with it.)]
We--are of an understanding, yes. I hear both of you. I will tell you if I've any further cause for concern about him.
[Because that seems like the most control he can have over the unraveling situation, in the moment. He rubs at his face again, pulling his turbulent emotions inward before they can stain his Bonds any further.] Maker watch over you, Viren.
Linden--do we have more to talk about? [It is not an empty question; he's just been left so unsettled himself he's not sure where to begin on this one.
Maybe by setting it down for a few hours so they can approach it anew, for the way it's gotten tangled up in L's own fears...will require delicacy.]