gab *
HER SIGH turns his attention inwards & reyes ruthlessly, without mercy, untangles the knot of rising tension in the arc of his shoulders & smooths his expression into something neutral & placid. his eyes do not waver from her own, posture still strong & confident as he always is. every bit the man who is always playing two steps ahead of everyone around him. ❛ i wouldn’t know what you believe in, ❜ he says instead of anything else he could have done. dodging is an inelegant & temporary solution. deflecting feels unfair to do so to a friend. his voice is calm & free of any ornamentation or diplomatic sweetness. it’s as sincere as he’s able to be, given his particular restrictions. ❛ everything is entirely up to you. ❜
“ why talon , gab ? ” as if she were being exquisitely tortured , her eyes left his form ; the question nearly too much to bear . why , indeed ? to become like this corpse / to live so silently as if a moment’s word would shatter him into utter nothingness it was not like him . ‘ but maybe , this is truly him ‘ amari thought , ‘ did i ever understand my friend ? ‘ . & the nights , that seem always larger than the past , seeped color into her memories . the memories of her aching , dark horror clenched her fists until all she saw were white knuckles . “ you knew what talon did . understood the unspeakable horrors they’ve done to the people we loved to the world ! so help me understand why them ?! ”













