I can't imagine he would choose to leave you so exposed.
[Vulnerable. That's the word she could have chosen, but didn't (and she is immune to the subtext of that look—).
A few brisk turns in succession. A staircase. It's amazing how little effort it takes to move from Kirkwall's Hightown to everywhere else. Similarly: how easy it would be to say nothing at all.
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[Vulnerable. That's the word she could have chosen, but didn't (and she is immune to the subtext of that look—).
A few brisk turns in succession. A staircase. It's amazing how little effort it takes to move from Kirkwall's Hightown to everywhere else. Similarly: how easy it would be to say nothing at all.
And yet.]
He died some years ago.