"I...yeah. But," how to say this without giving the wrong impression? "I don't know who his other friends are. Because we always hang out alone, I mean." Very alone, as poor Gerard has seen.
But Sweeney smells of other people sometimes so it's not like he's alone whenever she's not around. "I'll ask him."
Her admission leaves him a bit crestfallen. A false start is not encouraging.
"Is...well, is there anywhere you know they might be? Somewhere they might at least recognize--" Me.
Gerard's mind starts to slip into the darkness of knowing how wrong he looks. Is. It's very upsetting. Although he tries to buck up, he's not very successful.
"We don't really talk about our other friends. He had," oh shit this is complicated. "He had a really bad experience with my best friend. Godric attacked him. So now we just kind of keep our business with each other."
Godric would like Gerard, she thinks with a pang of regret. Gerard is more the sort of man he'd like Annie spending time with.
"Oh." It almost sounds like he's been chastised. He's not surprised that there was a fight; the man seems excessively unpleasant, but it must leave complications for Annie. His heart twinges for her. She doesn't need that on top of the difficulties in living here. Doubly as an inmate. Gerard wishes he could force this man to stay away from her so she can protect herself and the people around her.
His mind swims as he debates how to even start trying to find people on a ship this big, especially because his time is limited.
"I should probably go then," he reasons, taking her hand softly in his that he might start to loosen it from his elbow while not abandoning it.
"Okay." It's different letting Gerard go than Sweeney, there isn't that wild spark of lust urging her to hang onto him. But it still isn't easy. She doesn't want him to be afraid, doesn't want him to be trapped in the dark. "And when you wake up again, you can come find me, okay?"
Parting made, he leaves, trying to not let himself be distracted from the matter at hand. Nevertheless, he can't keep his dimples from creasing in his shy smile.
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But Sweeney smells of other people sometimes so it's not like he's alone whenever she's not around. "I'll ask him."
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"Is...well, is there anywhere you know they might be? Somewhere they might at least recognize--" Me.
Gerard's mind starts to slip into the darkness of knowing how wrong he looks. Is. It's very upsetting. Although he tries to buck up, he's not very successful.
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Godric would like Gerard, she thinks with a pang of regret. Gerard is more the sort of man he'd like Annie spending time with.
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His mind swims as he debates how to even start trying to find people on a ship this big, especially because his time is limited.
"I should probably go then," he reasons, taking her hand softly in his that he might start to loosen it from his elbow while not abandoning it.
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He takes her hand, lifting it as he bows low enough to kiss her knuckles, his lips feather-light.
"Thank you. For all of your kindness. You are a beacon of hope in this foreign land." He gently releases her hand in preparation of leaving.
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