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[ettersberg]

[ the question doesn't throw him, not really, but it is as telling as william's physical condition in many ways.

thomas takes a breath, lets it out softly. ]

I can stand watch.

[ not an answer so much as an offer. ]

[thirtythird]

[It shouldn't make a difference. He should be able to unwind from these moments into something healthful like resting. He should, at the very least, be able to disengage the part of his mind that got caught in the loop of feeling itself constantly in the midst of a war.

And yet.

The knowledge someone will be watching relaxes his shoulders. The knowledge it will be Thomas allows for a comfortable exhale. The offer settles, and the exhaustion comes properly sweeping in.]

If it's no trouble.

[ettersberg]

Not at all.

[ this is what he does. this is something he knows. there have been times when he'd thought that this is what he was made for, why he's still alive to this day. he is the rearguard, the shield.

if he can guard william from this, even if it is not a physical threat, he will. it's purpose and that helps him, too. ]