Don't be. I'm glad you weren't there to see it. [ And then realizing that he should clarify - ] He's a friend. A good one.
[ And it's only in the last several centuries that he's been able to say so without thinking that he's being presumptuous. Where he knows that he means it and Aegis thinks so too. And if Aegis can forgive him, then surely he can begin to forgive himself too. Centuries have the tendency to feel both like yesterday and thousands of years ago. But he's never forgotten the acrid taste of mournful despair and terror. It had filled him at the time but had never fully agreed with him.
For good reason, he thinks. ]
You? [ The surprise he shows is somewhat feigned. But only just because what he says next, he means. ] Percy, I can't ever see you doing anything like that.
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[ And it's only in the last several centuries that he's been able to say so without thinking that he's being presumptuous. Where he knows that he means it and Aegis thinks so too. And if Aegis can forgive him, then surely he can begin to forgive himself too. Centuries have the tendency to feel both like yesterday and thousands of years ago. But he's never forgotten the acrid taste of mournful despair and terror. It had filled him at the time but had never fully agreed with him.
For good reason, he thinks. ]
You? [ The surprise he shows is somewhat feigned. But only just because what he says next, he means. ] Percy, I can't ever see you doing anything like that.