[Not on the surface, perhaps. This isn't like withholding information because her experience and memory did not align with his own, the facts here available to them both, and their experiences feed each other more than they clash awkwardly.
He would, in fact, love the peace of mind. And often, denial is his more used tool to find it. But this is bigger than him, effects more than him in a very obvious way.
It's harder to ignore when the thought leaves disgusting, unsettling knots in his stomach that he can rid himself of with an easy, convenient white lie.
Her answer is enough of a no without ever having to utter the word. It's enough, too much of an answer he hadn't wanted and can no longer pretend he hasn't heard.]
Of course.
[At your order. Another thing he doesn't say. That alone solidifies the answer neither of them want, makes it real, irrefutable.]
To put my mind at ease.
[He can take the worry as his own if he must. If it helps.]
[The expression softens, just a touch, because she does see it - the concession he gives, the familiar self-sacrificing behaviour. They're going to have to talk about that. One day - but not tonight.]
[One day, perhaps, when it doesn't seem so necessary.]
I've already tried this damnable thing. [He would be motioning to the bracelet, could she see it, but the audio does waver slightly as he moves it around; some day he'll get the hang of using it properly.] So I suppose, we're left with seeking them out directly.
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A sigh, after a long pause.]
Fewer questions, more searching. To put your mind at ease. [Yours, not her own. She's not a ninny like you, baby. ♥]
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He would, in fact, love the peace of mind. And often, denial is his more used tool to find it. But this is bigger than him, effects more than him in a very obvious way.
It's harder to ignore when the thought leaves disgusting, unsettling knots in his stomach that he can rid himself of with an easy, convenient white lie.
Her answer is enough of a no without ever having to utter the word. It's enough, too much of an answer he hadn't wanted and can no longer pretend he hasn't heard.]
Of course.
[At your order. Another thing he doesn't say. That alone solidifies the answer neither of them want, makes it real, irrefutable.]
To put my mind at ease.
[He can take the worry as his own if he must. If it helps.]
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How shall we do it?
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I've already tried this damnable thing. [He would be motioning to the bracelet, could she see it, but the audio does waver slightly as he moves it around; some day he'll get the hang of using it properly.] So I suppose, we're left with seeking them out directly.