[ seemingly out of the blue, he thinks: how many months has it been since i saw my father? maybe...three? four? it'd been a while even before horos. or: it'd been longer than it's ever been, before horos. there had been a time after losing his mum that he'd promised himself never to leave his dad alone for long.
but homesickness has no place in this conversation. in his life, as it's become now. the most he can do is try not to be a total disappointment to the memory of tam and kari al'thor.
abel is clearly going somewhere with this, he thinks. not uncharitably: the man isn't so unkind as to leave him in the dark without guidance. abel nightroad wouldn't be here, otherwise. ]
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but homesickness has no place in this conversation. in his life, as it's become now. the most he can do is try not to be a total disappointment to the memory of tam and kari al'thor.
abel is clearly going somewhere with this, he thinks. not uncharitably: the man isn't so unkind as to leave him in the dark without guidance. abel nightroad wouldn't be here, otherwise. ]
How?