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Princess Rosamund du Prix ([personal profile] rosebleed) wrote2024-02-25 07:51 pm

Arthur Starling

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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-11 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Eunhyuk a bit more, but... Neither of them too well.

[...]

But you did, I take it. I am - sorry you were forced into this.
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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-11 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[there's another moment of hesitation, because he feels like he's stepping over some kind of line, but:]

Would it have been the same for anyone? I... do not presume to know him as well as - you seemed to.

[he leaves it unsaid, but he wishes he could have taken this burden for her, given that.]
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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-12 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

Miss Du Prix, if I may - it is a strength to cry over people you may not know well, not a weakness.
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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-12 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[shaking his head after a moment]

I'm not certain how it could be selfish. Rather, I think... most people would hope someone would care, if they should pass away. Wouldn't you?
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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-13 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[quietly, after another moment:]

You were... remarkably strong. But you should not have been forced to be. I'm sorry, Miss Du Prix.
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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-15 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[there's a notable pause, because he wasn't expecting her to take his hand. it's been - how long has it been since someone did that...?

well, regardless.]


It's nothing.