[ He sounds wry, and he sighs. He leans his head sideways against the wall of his room, the phone still held to his ear. ]
If I were, I’d have been there to stop all of this, from both of them. You deserve much better than that.
Don’t let your heart be broken by men who don’t deserve to touch it. There are many better than they, who are best left to each other if this is how they treat their friends.
Forgive yourself, you cannot guard me from every hurt I insist on doing to myself. I am the only one to blame here.
I will find another who will cradle my heart carefully, and guard it well. Until then, I think you and Athos shall build more than an adequate fortress around my personage.
[ The last girl he’d talked to about hunting had been so offended by
the subject as to make speaking of it intolerable. Lucy is so far removed
from that to suggest it, and he feels a rush of amused fondness for her.
She has never sounded so much like a noble. ]
Yes, of course. We’ve no dogs, but we could make do.
Athos is coming to get you, you said. Would you like me to make the
arrangements?
[ Already, he's making his way down to the stables. He'll collect Lucy's bow and quiver on the way, as well, since he knows she prefers them to guns. ]
Come to find me once you're here. We'll take your mind off all of this.
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[She sounds just a little brighter, for a moment.]
You are the best thing I could have found. The best people I could possibly imagine to be here with me.
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[ He sounds wry, and he sighs. He leans his head sideways against the wall of his room, the phone still held to his ear. ]
If I were, I’d have been there to stop all of this, from both of them. You deserve much better than that.
Don’t let your heart be broken by men who don’t deserve to touch it. There are many better than they, who are best left to each other if this is how they treat their friends.
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I will find another who will cradle my heart carefully, and guard it well. Until then, I think you and Athos shall build more than an adequate fortress around my personage.
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[ That's not Lucy's fault. That just means she expects everyone else to be as good as she is. It's no surprise that most of them will fall short. ]
We should do something tonight. The three of us. I don't know what, but something. Athos and I will take your mind off it.
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A ride? An excursion! Into the woods?
A hunt?
[She hunts. She likes it. That's why she has a bow!]
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[ The last girl he’d talked to about hunting had been so offended by the subject as to make speaking of it intolerable. Lucy is so far removed from that to suggest it, and he feels a rush of amused fondness for her. She has never sounded so much like a noble. ]
Yes, of course. We’ve no dogs, but we could make do.
Athos is coming to get you, you said. Would you like me to make the arrangements?
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[She sounds just a little brighter now, like maybe this is making her feel better.]
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[ Already, he's making his way down to the stables. He'll collect Lucy's bow and quiver on the way, as well, since he knows she prefers them to guns. ]
Come to find me once you're here. We'll take your mind off all of this.
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