And you made me ancient in the process from stress, I might add!
[ He's about to try and break that silence, but...
Well, what can he say to that.
He does still laugh, but it sounds sad. Rough and crackling and broken around the edges, another reminder of how much time he's lost, how he's changed. ]
Don't be stupid. [ He glances at him with a faint, sad smile. There's no bite to his words. ]
You didn't drag me into anything.
[ It was his choice to argue, to fight back, after all. It's simple, to him; an action with a consequence.
Isn't it what he's always done? They'd argue and bicker and Ekkehardt would threaten to leave Avery to his own devices and his own troubles, but when it came down to it he'd never left him behind. Not once. ]
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[ He's about to try and break that silence, but...
Well, what can he say to that.
He does still laugh, but it sounds sad. Rough and crackling and broken around the edges, another reminder of how much time he's lost, how he's changed.
]
Don't be stupid. [ He glances at him with a faint, sad smile. There's no bite to his words. ]
You didn't drag me into anything.
[ It was his choice to argue, to fight back, after all. It's simple, to him; an action with a consequence.
Isn't it what he's always done? They'd argue and bicker and Ekkehardt would threaten to leave Avery to his own devices and his own troubles, but when it came down to it he'd never left him behind. Not once. ]