[ For what? For the failures he knows she would've fought with every fiber of her being to prevent? For being vulnerable - for being human? ]
There's nothing to forgive.
[ He's never seen failure when he looks at Lucina - still doesn't, even knowing now what he hadn't know before. He only sees someone who gave everything she had for her home, and somehow found more to give for others, even after all of that. ]
[ Of course there is. This is a rather unbecoming way to behave around a king. She's always prided herself on decorum, even if the finesse of it (what spoon to use in what situation, for example) is rather lacking from her education.
Despite all that, she leans against him for a second longer. The hug threatens to become awkward. ]
I - I may run the risk of taking advantage of your kindness.
[ Wow. Corpses are less stiff than you are, Lucina. ]
[ There's faint tingling, amid the damp chill, where his hands rested. Lucina suspects she'll be feeling it for quite a while, and tugs his cloak closer in some sort of defensive gesture. ]
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There's nothing to forgive.
[ He's never seen failure when he looks at Lucina - still doesn't, even knowing now what he hadn't know before. He only sees someone who gave everything she had for her home, and somehow found more to give for others, even after all of that. ]
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Despite all that, she leans against him for a second longer. The hug threatens to become awkward. ]
I - I may run the risk of taking advantage of your kindness.
[ Wow. Corpses are less stiff than you are, Lucina. ]
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[ He doesn't think there's any danger of that.
Of course, he once thought the same of Lyon, but is he to jump at shadows forever because of one time following his heart ended badly? ]
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Perhaps. It is not how I would call you, though.
[ Anyone who dares say he's a fool?
Well, they can taste her blade. >:( ]
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I'm glad for that, then.
[ He would prefer not to look like a fool in front of her! ]
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Actually, might I ask you a favour?
[ before Jes forgets again ]
Could you instruct me in how to wield the spear?
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[ This is a better date with Ephraim than taking him to the movies would be, lbr. ]
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[ (Not just for the agreement. For all of it.)
And then, remembering belatedly the heaviness about her shoulders - ]
Oh, um. Here. [ She starts to remove his cloak so he can have it back. ] This is yours.
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[ If she's still cold and wet, she -
- will probably still be cold and wet with his cloak, to be fair, but he's not worried about getting it back right away, is his point. ]