Not for the first time, Tara's wisdom found its way into her life. Somehow very befitting a companion for a man like Gale who had his own plethora of navigational things to say. Although she objectively agreed, something about hearing it was difficult. Maybe because unlike so many situations that she could simply sidestep or distract, she did not feel protected from how gently pointed and truly affectionate such ideas were.
A little sliver of uncertainty parked at the small of her back as she carefully took in all he had to say, as if each was a fragile piece of glass that she thought too precious to be held in hands like hers.
"You were never a burden," she began, as though that was truly the most important thing to address. "You never have been. Not a single one of you." Difficult at times and even dangerous, certainly, but never a burden. Nepione could determine with relative ease that when it came to all of them, she had done precisely as she meant to. She would do it all again, if given the opportunity.
Dropping her gaze onto his hand and the way she held it, the incredibly tender way she dusted thumb along the back, she knew she couldn't say what she really thought. What she really felt. There would never be a time for it and the last thing she wanted to do was to give any of them cause for concern.
"You've all looked to me, yes?" Nepione continued, a small smile tugging at her lips. "From time to time, for support and protection. An ill-placed leadership, even. It's my place to look after all of you. To take care of you where I can. That's where I would like to be. What I've gotten through all of this is so much more than I could even appropriately say. There were never any favours or debts owed, but if there had been, standing here now in this moment, in this time, such things would have been paid back in excess."
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A little sliver of uncertainty parked at the small of her back as she carefully took in all he had to say, as if each was a fragile piece of glass that she thought too precious to be held in hands like hers.
"You were never a burden," she began, as though that was truly the most important thing to address. "You never have been. Not a single one of you." Difficult at times and even dangerous, certainly, but never a burden. Nepione could determine with relative ease that when it came to all of them, she had done precisely as she meant to. She would do it all again, if given the opportunity.
Dropping her gaze onto his hand and the way she held it, the incredibly tender way she dusted thumb along the back, she knew she couldn't say what she really thought. What she really felt. There would never be a time for it and the last thing she wanted to do was to give any of them cause for concern.
"You've all looked to me, yes?" Nepione continued, a small smile tugging at her lips. "From time to time, for support and protection. An ill-placed leadership, even. It's my place to look after all of you. To take care of you where I can. That's where I would like to be. What I've gotten through all of this is so much more than I could even appropriately say. There were never any favours or debts owed, but if there had been, standing here now in this moment, in this time, such things would have been paid back in excess."