[ amos please give him a minute, this is a weird turn of events and he's dealing with some head wounds.
and the truth is, he'd forgotten everything he'd said at the martyr shrine. that immediate horror as he woke from dreaming the end of the world, the admissions he'd made while only half-aware he wasn't alone. before it even occurred to him that amos might be anything but some kind stranger. he's tried so hard to keep his life before horos under wraps, and what an exercise in futility that's been. it becomes clearer to him by the minute.
see, and because amos was there at the martyr shrine, the reaction rand has now might not be surprising. it's not the first time amos is seeing this. rand had been baffled, but the longer amos goes on, the more offended he is, the more rand shuts down. this isn't the earlier blank shock; this is a wall slamming up. his expression cools, shutters, and he clenches his jaw hard enough that it may be clear — or become clear the longer he goes without answering — that he isn't interested in discussing this. ]
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and the truth is, he'd forgotten everything he'd said at the martyr shrine. that immediate horror as he woke from dreaming the end of the world, the admissions he'd made while only half-aware he wasn't alone. before it even occurred to him that amos might be anything but some kind stranger. he's tried so hard to keep his life before horos under wraps, and what an exercise in futility that's been. it becomes clearer to him by the minute.
see, and because amos was there at the martyr shrine, the reaction rand has now might not be surprising. it's not the first time amos is seeing this. rand had been baffled, but the longer amos goes on, the more offended he is, the more rand shuts down. this isn't the earlier blank shock; this is a wall slamming up. his expression cools, shutters, and he clenches his jaw hard enough that it may be clear — or become clear the longer he goes without answering — that he isn't interested in discussing this. ]