[ As she offers up not only one name, but two, Thancred retreats to sink into the seat across from her. He doesn't want to hover and overwhelm her. He understands that she's sharing more than she might have if she hadn't reached that terrible breaking point when you couldn't hold back your emotions any longer.
Pietro must be her brother, and while she doesn't outright say it, there's a heavy implication that he's gone. Taken from her much too early. ]
I've lost someone as well. [ His voice is quiet, yet calm. He reaches out to run his fingers over the grain on the table, more as a means to give his hands something to do than anything else. ] She was something like a sister to me. Not by blood, but... [ In many ways, it hadn't mattered. They hadn't been raised together, and even after meeting he'd still had to exist apart from her in many ways, yet he'd wanted to look after her like a younger sibling.
He'd done his best to do so, even if he'd ultimately failed her.
He glances up, meets Wanda's red-rimmed eyes, and lets out a breath. ] I did get closure of a sort, with her. [ It had not been quite what he'd wanted, not when Minfilia hadn't been completely herself anymore, but it was arguably more than he'd deserved. And he would hold her words close until the end of his days. ] I may not know you well, Wanda, but you've shown me kindness in this short time. I have no doubt that they both knew how much they meant to you.
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Pietro must be her brother, and while she doesn't outright say it, there's a heavy implication that he's gone. Taken from her much too early. ]
I've lost someone as well. [ His voice is quiet, yet calm. He reaches out to run his fingers over the grain on the table, more as a means to give his hands something to do than anything else. ] She was something like a sister to me. Not by blood, but... [ In many ways, it hadn't mattered. They hadn't been raised together, and even after meeting he'd still had to exist apart from her in many ways, yet he'd wanted to look after her like a younger sibling.
He'd done his best to do so, even if he'd ultimately failed her.
He glances up, meets Wanda's red-rimmed eyes, and lets out a breath. ] I did get closure of a sort, with her. [ It had not been quite what he'd wanted, not when Minfilia hadn't been completely herself anymore, but it was arguably more than he'd deserved. And he would hold her words close until the end of his days. ] I may not know you well, Wanda, but you've shown me kindness in this short time. I have no doubt that they both knew how much they meant to you.