[He freezes, argument entirely forgotten as her words sink in. Nate was dead, and Anders had forced him to hang on until he'd had to ask Alistair to kill him? He hadn't even been able to ask Anders. Anders had failed him.]
I...
[The blood has drained from his face, and Anders gets up, shaking his head.]
Perhaps you should. [It comes out icier than intended, but at this point what is there about the conversation to salvage?
She watches him go, contemplating that it might be better this way, to prevent Nate's gruesome end in five years-- and to prevent her having any real part in it. Perhaps chasing Anders away is the only way to get things together and move them forward.
Or perhaps she's a coward who would rather be bitter and alone than vulnerable.]
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Date: 2017-04-08 04:53 am (UTC)I...
[The blood has drained from his face, and Anders gets up, shaking his head.]
I should go.
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Date: 2017-04-08 05:05 am (UTC)She watches him go, contemplating that it might be better this way, to prevent Nate's gruesome end in five years-- and to prevent her having any real part in it. Perhaps chasing Anders away is the only way to get things together and move them forward.
Or perhaps she's a coward who would rather be bitter and alone than vulnerable.]