( Adelis's perspective, while reasonable, sounds too good to be true to Mishka, who can't help but hold reservations about any good thing.
Adelis had been one good thing, for instance, and look what Ostoya did to him. And even if Adelis had come out stronger for it - well. Their paths were fated to split eventually. Mishka could tell as much the moment he picked Adelis up, gnashy and irate as he was, like a feral, cornered beast.
These thoughts, too, are cut short by Adelis's characterstically curt response. He looks to Adelis. )
I've already apologized, haven't I? If I'd known such was his plan, I'd not...
( Mishka, his wit dulled by continuous drink, had mistaken Adelis's response as his usual, arbitrary defensiveness - but it seems halfway through his statement, uncannily honest for what it was, he realizes his error. Hm.
He sets down his glass for the moment. )
... You'd just been complaining of that reddish sunblight, hadn't you?
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Adelis had been one good thing, for instance, and look what Ostoya did to him. And even if Adelis had come out stronger for it - well. Their paths were fated to split eventually. Mishka could tell as much the moment he picked Adelis up, gnashy and irate as he was, like a feral, cornered beast.
These thoughts, too, are cut short by Adelis's characterstically curt response. He looks to Adelis. )
I've already apologized, haven't I? If I'd known such was his plan, I'd not...
( Mishka, his wit dulled by continuous drink, had mistaken Adelis's response as his usual, arbitrary defensiveness - but it seems halfway through his statement, uncannily honest for what it was, he realizes his error. Hm.
He sets down his glass for the moment. )
... You'd just been complaining of that reddish sunblight, hadn't you?
( Yes... Nice save... )