( her voice is soft; threaded with that rueful edge that carries her through most interactions with a wink and a nod, only tempered. hope is not a delicate thing, in her experience; hope is the stubborn inability to lie down in the face of overwhelming odds. getting up, again and again— learning from everything that knocks them down, first. it is valuable. it matters.
it isn’t what she’d like lucanis to overhear her calling treviso — a lesson — but what’s she to do except learn and get up?
know more. do more. be more. prepare. )
Failing a unilateral surrender of the Evanuris or a stiffer drink and a better night,
( two incredibly different ends of the potential comforts spectrum, )
it isn’t nothing.
( she reaches across the table to press his wrist again, her hand mostly pale where the pigment has been fading away over the years, ) And I appreciate it.
no subject
( her voice is soft; threaded with that rueful edge that carries her through most interactions with a wink and a nod, only tempered. hope is not a delicate thing, in her experience; hope is the stubborn inability to lie down in the face of overwhelming odds. getting up, again and again— learning from everything that knocks them down, first. it is valuable. it matters.
it isn’t what she’d like lucanis to overhear her calling treviso — a lesson — but what’s she to do except learn and get up?
know more. do more. be more. prepare. )
Failing a unilateral surrender of the Evanuris or a stiffer drink and a better night,
( two incredibly different ends of the potential comforts spectrum, )
it isn’t nothing.
( she reaches across the table to press his wrist again, her hand mostly pale where the pigment has been fading away over the years, ) And I appreciate it.