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altusimperius: (u love me)
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tell him how pretty he is

Date: 2020-11-26 12:04 am (UTC)
keenly: (in the end only kindness matters)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"I can't just...forgive him for what he's done to people I care about. At the same time, if I don't, who will?"

Date: 2020-11-26 12:22 am (UTC)
keenly: (to travel the world alone)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"But would I be the same?" Colin looks over at Benedict. "Why should I forgive some people and not others?"

Date: 2020-11-26 02:17 am (UTC)
keenly: (and not to worry)
From: [personal profile] keenly
They're good points. Very good points. His gaze falls away as he stews on it.

"I didn't think about it like that," he sighs. "That's not really forgiveness, is it? It's just giving more and more ground so you won't have to have an argument. And my friends aren't ground I can give. I just. Didn't like the feeling when I wanted to go find him and beat the shit out of him."

Date: 2020-11-26 06:18 am (UTC)
keenly: (that we're all okay)
From: [personal profile] keenly
A little smile tugs at his lips. He's not sure if he agrees with Benedict's assessment, but it's sweet.

"You don't think I'm a coward?" he asks, sounding touched but unconvinced. "I can't think of a time I did something brave when I didn't have to."

Date: 2020-11-28 02:30 am (UTC)
keenly: ('cause worry is wasteful)
From: [personal profile] keenly
That gets a pause from Colin as he tries to sort out what to say to that.

"It's important to know your own weaknesses," he says slowly, "but calling myself names like that makes me think I can never be anything else. I don't know how it is for you."

Date: 2020-11-28 02:48 am (UTC)
keenly: (only a thought)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"Well." Colin thinks for a moment. "You went to Byerly and asked for a better job. That's brave."

Date: 2020-11-28 04:27 am (UTC)
keenly: (in the end only kindness matters)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"The sort of thing where you're risking your life for something bigger than yourself?"

Date: 2020-11-28 05:26 am (UTC)
keenly: (it didn't steal your laughter)
From: [personal profile] keenly
Colin bobs his head in sympathy. "Yeah. That's...I mean, I ran far as I could from the war with the Templars because I didn't think I could do that. Then I was put basically on the front line at the Battle of Ghislain a couple of years ago, and it was...not my choice. I was terrified at first. Then all your primal instincts kick in and you just wreak as much havoc as possible. That's sort of the trick. The only way not to be scared is to decide you’re going to be the scariest thing on the battlefield. Or elsewhere.”
Edited Date: 2020-11-28 09:26 am (UTC)

Date: 2020-11-28 09:25 pm (UTC)
keenly: (I'll be there inside your door)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"Wait, why were you there? Weren't you in Diplomacy at the time?"

Perhaps Colin can be forgiven for forgetting this detail, given the shape everyone was in while returning home.

Date: 2020-11-28 09:45 pm (UTC)
keenly: (he measured everything)
From: [personal profile] keenly
It takes Colin a moment, because his mind is racing to why that sounds familiar, and then he, too, feels bad that it took him this long.

"Was it Inessa?"

Date: 2020-11-28 09:50 pm (UTC)
keenly: (that we're all okay)
From: [personal profile] keenly
"Garahel." Colin gives a wistful smile. "Inessa and I were apprentices together. She was always like that, wanting to save everyone. It made sense when she got recruited into the Wardens."

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