It took a lot to leave home. It was excruciatingly painful to hug his brothers goodbye and tell Andrew and Argine not to follow him. But there was nothing else to do.
He needed to see her again. He needed to tell her he had been wrong and that it would be worth the sacrifice of his family to build a life with her. He needed to find her out in the world, because she'd vanished from the Deck almost without a trace.
Ophelia had been kind enough in her own way, but the Queen's loyalty was--rightly--with the young woman who had come to be her own. The Diamonds seal up before him, smiles like masks and shoulders shrugging with practiced helplessness. It's scraps of nothingness he leaves the Deck with at last, and it's a few overwhelming cities he drags through before he comes to the door that finally, finally has her voice coming through from the other side.
She sounds tired. She sounds unhappy. She sounds like she doesn't want to see him, but he can't make himself move away from leaning heavily on the door frame.
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Date: 2014-04-20 03:07 pm (UTC)He needed to see her again. He needed to tell her he had been wrong and that it would be worth the sacrifice of his family to build a life with her. He needed to find her out in the world, because she'd vanished from the Deck almost without a trace.
Ophelia had been kind enough in her own way, but the Queen's loyalty was--rightly--with the young woman who had come to be her own. The Diamonds seal up before him, smiles like masks and shoulders shrugging with practiced helplessness. It's scraps of nothingness he leaves the Deck with at last, and it's a few overwhelming cities he drags through before he comes to the door that finally, finally has her voice coming through from the other side.
She sounds tired. She sounds unhappy. She sounds like she doesn't want to see him, but he can't make himself move away from leaning heavily on the door frame.
"I just want to talk."