Lawrence looks at Harrowheart with a hint of a smile, and Harrowheart looks back with equally hesitant hopefulness.
"See?" Lawrence says. "It isn't fair for someone to hold someone else accountable for making that kind of choice. The guy wasn't himself when he did it. He regretted it when he realized what he did."
Harrowheart's attention is on his phone as he listens, and that vague smile from before is replaced by a thoughtful neutrality. Lawrence watches him, a slight lean the only hint that he expects to hear an agreement... Yet he isn't surprised when one doesn't come.
"Hey," Lawrence whispers. He puts his arm around his brother's shoulder and regards him seriously. Harrowheart looks his way, but slowly his attention drifts back to the phone. "You heard me, right? I said that if someone were to have died like Caspar did, that wouldn't make them a bad person. Even if them being gone hurt people. You believe that, right?"
Harrowheart's lips press thin. Twice he looks between his phone and his brother. Adia is waiting for them.
Lawrence bites the inside of his cheek. "You believe I believe that, at least?"
A pause passes between them. When Harrowheart's lips finally part, all he has to say is, "What do we tell Adia?"
Lawrence sighs. He shrug one shoulder and brings his arm back to his own side. "Tell her..."
Don't be mad at Caspar for what he did to himself. You can be mad or sad that he left you alone but don't make him feel bad for how it happened. A person who loves him should be happier to have him back then mad that he was gone but it is okay to be mad that he left you alone. Tell him that.
What do you want to hear him say to you though? What would make you feel better?
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Date: 2017-11-28 07:42 pm (UTC)"See?" Lawrence says. "It isn't fair for someone to hold someone else accountable for making that kind of choice. The guy wasn't himself when he did it. He regretted it when he realized what he did."
Harrowheart's attention is on his phone as he listens, and that vague smile from before is replaced by a thoughtful neutrality. Lawrence watches him, a slight lean the only hint that he expects to hear an agreement... Yet he isn't surprised when one doesn't come.
"Hey," Lawrence whispers. He puts his arm around his brother's shoulder and regards him seriously. Harrowheart looks his way, but slowly his attention drifts back to the phone. "You heard me, right? I said that if someone were to have died like Caspar did, that wouldn't make them a bad person. Even if them being gone hurt people. You believe that, right?"
Harrowheart's lips press thin. Twice he looks between his phone and his brother. Adia is waiting for them.
Lawrence bites the inside of his cheek. "You believe I believe that, at least?"
A pause passes between them. When Harrowheart's lips finally part, all he has to say is, "What do we tell Adia?"
Lawrence sighs. He shrug one shoulder and brings his arm back to his own side. "Tell her..."
Don't be mad at Caspar for what he did to himself. You can be mad or sad that he left you alone but don't make him feel bad for how it happened. A person who loves him should be happier to have him back then mad that he was gone but it is okay to be mad that he left you alone. Tell him that.
What do you want to hear him say to you though? What would make you feel better?