he doesn't know what he's expecting, really - the scolding at first just gets temenos to laugh, a light, surprised chuckle. he's going to say something else, and then rosamund totally and completely surprises him with the hug.
temenos' eyes go wide. he's not the most affectionate guy in the world (read: he is awkward) and more than that, the gesture is so sweet and sincere and immediate that it stuns him, knocks any witty remark from his mouth. he
laughs again, this sort of soft, more helpless noise, and then gently, delicately reaches up to hug her back, sort of relaxing into it in ways he rarely does. ]
... You've no need to apologize. [ temenos says, soft, a little helplessly scolded, but mostly just... fond. ] It heartens me so to see you returned to us whole, your highness. That is thanks enough.
The stiffness is perhaps expected. He keeps so soundly to himself, guards his thoughts and his person so closely. She just...well. Can't care at the moment. It feels better when he relaxes, an affirmation that she's not just being pushy for her own selfish sake. A grateful tear rolls down her cheek and she sniffs, gathering herself together before she speaks.]
I just never meant to put you through that. And you took such good care of me. I don't...I don't want to make you do anything like that again.
[To look at such a ghastly sight. To happen upon another friend's corpse. He's had enough of that in his own life, long before coming here.]
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he doesn't know what he's expecting, really - the scolding at first just gets temenos to laugh, a light, surprised chuckle. he's going to say something else, and then rosamund totally and completely surprises him with the hug.
temenos' eyes go wide. he's not the most affectionate guy in the world (read: he is awkward) and more than that, the gesture is so sweet and sincere and immediate that it stuns him, knocks any witty remark from his mouth. he
laughs again, this sort of soft, more helpless noise, and then gently, delicately reaches up to hug her back, sort of relaxing into it in ways he rarely does. ]
... You've no need to apologize. [ temenos says, soft, a little helplessly scolded, but mostly just... fond. ] It heartens me so to see you returned to us whole, your highness. That is thanks enough.
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The stiffness is perhaps expected. He keeps so soundly to himself, guards his thoughts and his person so closely. She just...well. Can't care at the moment. It feels better when he relaxes, an affirmation that she's not just being pushy for her own selfish sake. A grateful tear rolls down her cheek and she sniffs, gathering herself together before she speaks.]
I just never meant to put you through that. And you took such good care of me. I don't...I don't want to make you do anything like that again.
[To look at such a ghastly sight. To happen upon another friend's corpse. He's had enough of that in his own life, long before coming here.]