[He means to tell her that he's more than a little surprised himself, that it's far from what he'd been expecting, and his lips begin to shape the words right up until the point she says she's thinking of staying in Wyver. Abruptly, then, they die away, catch in his throat like soft flesh against barbed wire, and there's a sinking kind of sensation in him that annoys as much as it disturbs.
He supposes he shouldn't be surprised, not really. She'd chosen to run, to keep hiding rather than turning herself in, and that won't make things easy should she choose to return to Olympia now. But...but--]
But why remain here, when you could come back? They'd pardon you too, I'm sure, if you agreed to the same terms as I did.
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He supposes he shouldn't be surprised, not really. She'd chosen to run, to keep hiding rather than turning herself in, and that won't make things easy should she choose to return to Olympia now. But...but--]
But why remain here, when you could come back? They'd pardon you too, I'm sure, if you agreed to the same terms as I did.