[Once again, her apology is met with a shake of his head.] It's fine. The past should be the past. Anyway, Hod's demise is common knowledge around these parts. You would've figured it out if you stayed here long enough.
[The past is the past. That's how it should be, and that's how it should stay. Still, the subject bears a sting that's difficult to shrug off, even after he's committed himself to forgiveness.
People really can't change so easily.]
They called it the Hod War. [There's no change in his tone, no shift to denote his discomfort in talking about the topic. But he doesn't look at her as he does it.] It ended when the island was destroyed. Whatever's left of it is at the bottom of the ocean.
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[Once again, her apology is met with a shake of his head.] It's fine. The past should be the past. Anyway, Hod's demise is common knowledge around these parts. You would've figured it out if you stayed here long enough.
[The past is the past. That's how it should be, and that's how it should stay. Still, the subject bears a sting that's difficult to shrug off, even after he's committed himself to forgiveness.
People really can't change so easily.]
They called it the Hod War. [There's no change in his tone, no shift to denote his discomfort in talking about the topic. But he doesn't look at her as he does it.] It ended when the island was destroyed. Whatever's left of it is at the bottom of the ocean.