[It's all he can think to say at first, because he's momentarily stunned that she had interpreted his words the way she had, about her, her methods. No-- maybe that was his fault, for being too blunt, too careless with how he said it.]
I know you want peace, more than anything. I haven't forgotten the village, and how hard you fight for it. [Immaterial as Communion is, he offers the sensation, the memory on her skin, of his hand touching her cheek. He wishes now that they had talked about this in person, and he didn't have to try to mask the heartache that burns under the touch.]
I just want to buy us all time. Expand our possibilities. You're not my enemy in that, and you never will be.
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[It's all he can think to say at first, because he's momentarily stunned that she had interpreted his words the way she had, about her, her methods. No-- maybe that was his fault, for being too blunt, too careless with how he said it.]
I know you want peace, more than anything. I haven't forgotten the village, and how hard you fight for it. [Immaterial as Communion is, he offers the sensation, the memory on her skin, of his hand touching her cheek. He wishes now that they had talked about this in person, and he didn't have to try to mask the heartache that burns under the touch.]
I just want to buy us all time. Expand our possibilities. You're not my enemy in that, and you never will be.