Is that inevitable? Harrowheart turns to his brother for advice to see Lawrence turned away and busying himself with lighting a pair of cigarettes. He's distracted by more than the lighter, Harrowheart can tell. He keeps himself to himself and stares at his thumbs as they idly trace the outline of his phone's case.

Is that inevitable?...

Your heart will hurt for as long as it needs to but it is only inevitable if you let it be.

He looks to Lawrence again when he sends the message. His brother reads it, nods, and offers him a cigarette. Lawrence loops his arm around Harrowheart's shoulder and together they watch her incoming replies. Harrow points to the word 'notorious' and glances at his brother.

"Notorious," Lawrence reads aloud. "It's like... Famous for doing something bad."

Harrowheart nods, and wordlessly his lips test the word. Notorious.

"He's not going to tell her the truth," Lawrence says. Harrow shrugs his shoulder and nods with a sideways tip of his head. "It's not like you tell us what you did in the Scourge," Lawrence adds. Again, a tip of the head and a tilt of the shoulder. True!

After a drag and a cough Lawrence says, "The difference is, none of us wants to know. Adia does."

Harrow asks, "But what do we say now? Just let her go?"

Lawrence scratches at his stubble and 'hrm's as he thinks. "Ask her..."

Is there any thing he might ask you that you are not ready to answer?