[ william does not look good. exhausted, pale, -- but alive. for now, that is what matters. right now, that is what counts more than anything.
(thomas knows how combat can linger in body and in mind, how much pain it can bring long after the battle is over. he hopes this will not be the case here.) ]
I'm glad.
[ he moves to take william's hand, thumb brushing over the back of it. unusually demonstrative, perhaps, but surely it is warranted. ]
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(thomas knows how combat can linger in body and in mind, how much pain it can bring long after the battle is over. he hopes this will not be the case here.) ]
I'm glad.
[ he moves to take william's hand, thumb brushing over the back of it. unusually demonstrative, perhaps, but surely it is warranted. ]
What's happened?