[I think the whole beach setting contributes, maybe.]
"That's true," Aurus agreed, watching Charles' expressions, his body language. "Though I think there can be a value in distance too. What one learns by stepping away can be invaluable.
"Do you worry about the angriest ones though--that all these sorts of teachings become a yoke for them that they resent rather than feel comforted by?" It was a careful question, but an honest one, and the sort which, frankly, Aurus felt Ventari did not quite have the right answer to.
And thus while Charles' remark about talking to the centaur tonight did indeed speak volumes and it pleased Aurus tremendously to hear him say it, he felt that acting in good faith he could not merely filter out the less idyllic components of the afternoon.
"He will be very pleased to discuss the matter with you, I am certain. But there are things that I need to confess to you before we get that far. I hope you won't be too cross with me for them, but I won't keep anything from you regardless: Hank is...aware that there is something developing between us, and I think it's safe to say that he does not approve.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to break your confidence by disclosing something private that you might not want known. I had to deceive him or tell him the truth. I hope the choice I made was sound."
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"That's true," Aurus agreed, watching Charles' expressions, his body language. "Though I think there can be a value in distance too. What one learns by stepping away can be invaluable.
"Do you worry about the angriest ones though--that all these sorts of teachings become a yoke for them that they resent rather than feel comforted by?" It was a careful question, but an honest one, and the sort which, frankly, Aurus felt Ventari did not quite have the right answer to.
And thus while Charles' remark about talking to the centaur tonight did indeed speak volumes and it pleased Aurus tremendously to hear him say it, he felt that acting in good faith he could not merely filter out the less idyllic components of the afternoon.
"He will be very pleased to discuss the matter with you, I am certain. But there are things that I need to confess to you before we get that far. I hope you won't be too cross with me for them, but I won't keep anything from you regardless: Hank is...aware that there is something developing between us, and I think it's safe to say that he does not approve.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to break your confidence by disclosing something private that you might not want known. I had to deceive him or tell him the truth. I hope the choice I made was sound."