[It's like speaking with a broken jaw. Like talking around a mouth of broken glass. He'd take anything she has to offer. Any distraction from the hurt racing through him like a fever. Leaving him trembling in its wake. The phantom pains arching up his arm. The metal twitching wildly.]
[When he jerks his head up to look at her, the expression on his face is haunted. The lines and circles deep and heavy around his eyes.]
Clarke... right now?
You could talk to me about... trees...
[Anything. Anything she wants to say. Anything she can think to say. He'll take it. He'll accept it, willingly and happily. Anything that isn't thinking of losing Lavellan.]
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[It's like speaking with a broken jaw. Like talking around a mouth of broken glass. He'd take anything she has to offer. Any distraction from the hurt racing through him like a fever. Leaving him trembling in its wake. The phantom pains arching up his arm. The metal twitching wildly.]
[When he jerks his head up to look at her, the expression on his face is haunted. The lines and circles deep and heavy around his eyes.]
Clarke... right now?
You could talk to me about... trees...
[Anything. Anything she wants to say. Anything she can think to say. He'll take it. He'll accept it, willingly and happily. Anything that isn't thinking of losing Lavellan.]