( Lightly teasing, just catching Astrid with a gentle nudge.
That break can't absolve the weight of it all, though, and she wouldn't want it to; talking things through or even just sitting with the acknowledgement can help. Deflecting with jokes would just let it all fester, and it sounds like its been doing that long enough.
Her smile fades. )
No one would deserve it. Not him, not me or you or a cavalry horse.
( She remembers that horse in Prehevil. How had a dead animal stuck out so much in amongst all that carnage? )
It's horrible that he went through that, but-- that doesn't mean it was in vain. Maybe you being here will make all the difference, or your people finding out about it can help the Avaar prepare and protect themselves, or become more involved in what's happening.
( Said softly, none of her usual earnestness in it. What happened wasn't the right thing, or Alll-Mer's plan or any of the things people might say about awful shit. She's sorrowful, too focused on Astrid to think of hoping that the effort to salvage something from an incident that's causing Astrid so much pain is seen for what it is and not something more ignorant and insidious. )
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( Lightly teasing, just catching Astrid with a gentle nudge.
That break can't absolve the weight of it all, though, and she wouldn't want it to; talking things through or even just sitting with the acknowledgement can help. Deflecting with jokes would just let it all fester, and it sounds like its been doing that long enough.
Her smile fades. )
No one would deserve it. Not him, not me or you or a cavalry horse.
( She remembers that horse in Prehevil. How had a dead animal stuck out so much in amongst all that carnage? )
It's horrible that he went through that, but-- that doesn't mean it was in vain. Maybe you being here will make all the difference, or your people finding out about it can help the Avaar prepare and protect themselves, or become more involved in what's happening.
( Said softly, none of her usual earnestness in it. What happened wasn't the right thing, or Alll-Mer's plan or any of the things people might say about awful shit. She's sorrowful, too focused on Astrid to think of hoping that the effort to salvage something from an incident that's causing Astrid so much pain is seen for what it is and not something more ignorant and insidious. )