[ 'A mistake'. No small wonder that Lyney responded so strongly to what he'd said back then. He hadn't meant it in that sense, of course...but the association rings firm enough to have bothered him. Wounded him. He remembers the look in Lyney's eyes, remembers the hand at his chin and the sound of his voice. What Wriothesley has been fighting not to remember comes back to him in vivid strokes, and won't soon leave.
He turns his gaze on Lynette. ]
I'll see what I can do about this.
[ He takes the teacup, knowing he can't quite give it to Lyney yet--lucky or no, it technically falls under the umbrella of contraband--but hoping the right time and place will make itself known. Whatever that may look like. ]
...It's as you say. We ended up on our respective paths due to our choices. [ Although Wriothesley wonders how much of a choice it is when you're a starving orphan and someone finally tells you you're worth something. He wouldn't have been able to say no in their shoes. From where he's standing, they're still kids being made to dance as puppets. ] There are many ways to get by in life, and we simply represent two. It's not a question of good or evil.
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He turns his gaze on Lynette. ]
I'll see what I can do about this.
[ He takes the teacup, knowing he can't quite give it to Lyney yet--lucky or no, it technically falls under the umbrella of contraband--but hoping the right time and place will make itself known. Whatever that may look like. ]
...It's as you say. We ended up on our respective paths due to our choices. [ Although Wriothesley wonders how much of a choice it is when you're a starving orphan and someone finally tells you you're worth something. He wouldn't have been able to say no in their shoes. From where he's standing, they're still kids being made to dance as puppets. ] There are many ways to get by in life, and we simply represent two. It's not a question of good or evil.