[ the gesture — emphatic, a struck nerve escaping — is also blessedly invisible. it's not as though it's terribly invasive; rather, it's not as if it ought to be.
it's a relief, sometimes, not to be known.
it isn't the first time he's been asked, and that's the real question, isn't it? there's no need to lie; there's no need for the whole truth. ]
Not for lack of trying. You've never swallowed your pride until gurns spend a season infesting your bathwater.
no subject
[ the gesture — emphatic, a struck nerve escaping — is also blessedly invisible. it's not as though it's terribly invasive; rather, it's not as if it ought to be.
it's a relief, sometimes, not to be known.
it isn't the first time he's been asked, and that's the real question, isn't it? there's no need to lie; there's no need for the whole truth. ]
Not for lack of trying. You've never swallowed your pride until gurns spend a season infesting your bathwater.