...she is standing before him utterly resolute in her decision to stand by the Kenoma, the Achamites, the Regent. was this some sort of influence--? coercion? surely the girl who had huddled with him in the Innocent's shrine would not have given herself over willingly? ...had he failed her when he fled that day, seeking to avoid conflict?
he feels vaguely sick to his stomach, crease at his brow twisting all the further, but the addition of Achamites - ones that could damage her reputation if she's seen showing him mercy - complicates things further than Abel can permit. Amos has likely carried Rand into the compound by now, and Abel is wasting precious time here, risking her safety as well as his own by lingering.
thus, all he can offer her is a brief and harried look of plea and unhappy resignation, before he pulls the hood of his cloak up-- ]
...I'm-- sorry.
[ sorry that things have developed so far, that she is forced into this position. sorry he cannot do more for her.
and then he's turning, cutting into the alleyway and vanishing in the direction he had come. ]
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...she is standing before him utterly resolute in her decision to stand by the Kenoma, the Achamites, the Regent. was this some sort of influence--? coercion? surely the girl who had huddled with him in the Innocent's shrine would not have given herself over willingly? ...had he failed her when he fled that day, seeking to avoid conflict?
he feels vaguely sick to his stomach, crease at his brow twisting all the further, but the addition of Achamites - ones that could damage her reputation if she's seen showing him mercy - complicates things further than Abel can permit. Amos has likely carried Rand into the compound by now, and Abel is wasting precious time here, risking her safety as well as his own by lingering.
thus, all he can offer her is a brief and harried look of plea and unhappy resignation, before he pulls the hood of his cloak up-- ]
...I'm-- sorry.
[ sorry that things have developed so far, that she is forced into this position. sorry he cannot do more for her.
and then he's turning, cutting into the alleyway and vanishing in the direction he had come. ]