[ There are times when Ilias will avert his eyes from other people's vulnerabilities, out of politeness or respect; this isn't one. He can't afford for it to be, fights the desire to reassure this man he doesn't want to be a threat to, to just believe whatever his fallible heart wants to believe instead of what's in front of him: that Isaac's first instinct is to hide, here as much as on the road from Ghislain; that he's not as practiced at it as some.
'An accident' can mean a lot of things. ]
No.
[ Existed near, perhaps. Been accessory to. Dipped cloth into stream and told himself the water wasn't running red, would stop running red soon, but didn't fight. ]
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'An accident' can mean a lot of things. ]
No.
[ Existed near, perhaps. Been accessory to. Dipped cloth into stream and told himself the water wasn't running red, would stop running red soon, but didn't fight. ]
Not in the way you mean.