[ She wasn't yelling at him; he hadn't expected her to. Yennefer may have had a temperament that could leave the coals burning long after whatever stoaked her ire in the first place, but he learned she kept a tight leash on it. That didn't exactly make him feel confident in quickly earning her forgiveness, either.
The weight he had been carrying made another push, and Drift sank into a low crouch before swinging his legs over the edge of the balcony. ]
And now you're faced with finding out you didn't miss the quiet as much as you thought. [ Drift said it more to himself than to Yennefer, but when the contour of her proud frame slackened, he believed he hit the mark. ]
Billy...Billy had a good heart, and sometimes I wonder if I'm one of the few who saw that in him because of the simplistic, childish need to see heroes in shades that aren't gray. It's funny, you know? Underneath all that vitriol, there was still a kid in there.
And Leonard, he — [ Both finials twitched and flattned down, ] — he was sick, he told me. It's always the ones taking care of everyone else that... [ Drift shakes his head as a shaken, almost wet sound escapes before being stifled. ]
When people here choose to leave, it still feels like they were taken away. Even if they're better off going, it's still [ At his side, Drift unconsciously starts to pick and scrape at the painted metal surface of the rooftop. A nonsensical series of lines — vertical pairs ending in one horizontal and crossing over the other in a six-set series, repeating as he found a pattern that kept his fidgeting mind partially occupied. ] a loss.
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The weight he had been carrying made another push, and Drift sank into a low crouch before swinging his legs over the edge of the balcony. ]
And now you're faced with finding out you didn't miss the quiet as much as you thought. [ Drift said it more to himself than to Yennefer, but when the contour of her proud frame slackened, he believed he hit the mark. ]
Billy...Billy had a good heart, and sometimes I wonder if I'm one of the few who saw that in him because of the simplistic, childish need to see heroes in shades that aren't gray. It's funny, you know? Underneath all that vitriol, there was still a kid in there.
And Leonard, he — [ Both finials twitched and flattned down, ] — he was sick, he told me. It's always the ones taking care of everyone else that... [ Drift shakes his head as a shaken, almost wet sound escapes before being stifled. ]
When people here choose to leave, it still feels like they were taken away. Even if they're better off going, it's still [ At his side, Drift unconsciously starts to pick and scrape at the painted metal surface of the rooftop. A nonsensical series of lines — vertical pairs ending in one horizontal and crossing over the other in a six-set series, repeating as he found a pattern that kept his fidgeting mind partially occupied. ] a loss.