( And often, it is sudden. He understands his perspective.
He studies Syrlya, and his reactions in the soft waves that they come. He pictures Adelis, and wonders if Adelis, too, would see things this way, after some several years; he wonders if Adelis, too, would feel such grief over his passing, that he would hold onto it for so long in the thereafter.
Seven years is no short amount of time to miss someone. )
... But you are with him here, now, yes? ( A beat. ) Have you indulged in your time with him here, while you've had it?
( For however long it lasts - though Trahearne's desperate belief that maybe, maybe the Goddess could return them somewhere, in some way, with him still alive, still flickers in his hazy memories of that drunken day before the hurricane. )
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( And often, it is sudden. He understands his perspective.
He studies Syrlya, and his reactions in the soft waves that they come. He pictures Adelis, and wonders if Adelis, too, would see things this way, after some several years; he wonders if Adelis, too, would feel such grief over his passing, that he would hold onto it for so long in the thereafter.
Seven years is no short amount of time to miss someone. )
... But you are with him here, now, yes? ( A beat. ) Have you indulged in your time with him here, while you've had it?
( For however long it lasts - though Trahearne's desperate belief that maybe, maybe the Goddess could return them somewhere, in some way, with him still alive, still flickers in his hazy memories of that drunken day before the hurricane. )