[He's not altogether surprised to hear it, not really. Who would Rohan choose to protect, at this point, if he could? It's a short list of all of about two people — if that — and only one of those two people is living in a castle with him, outside of town with him, safely spirited away with him, sleeping in his arms with soothing offered up as solace with him.
It's a weird feeling, being protected. It's not altogether a bad one, exactly. Honestly, it's more like it's so good he almost doesn't dare to believe in it, from how bad he wants it to be true, and how desperately he thinks he'd be unable to bear being proven wrong if he did put his faith in it in the first place.]
You didn't...it wasn't just for me, was it? That's all I want to hear. That I wasn't...your only reason.
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[He's not altogether surprised to hear it, not really. Who would Rohan choose to protect, at this point, if he could? It's a short list of all of about two people — if that — and only one of those two people is living in a castle with him, outside of town with him, safely spirited away with him, sleeping in his arms with soothing offered up as solace with him.
It's a weird feeling, being protected. It's not altogether a bad one, exactly. Honestly, it's more like it's so good he almost doesn't dare to believe in it, from how bad he wants it to be true, and how desperately he thinks he'd be unable to bear being proven wrong if he did put his faith in it in the first place.]
You didn't...it wasn't just for me, was it? That's all I want to hear. That I wasn't...your only reason.