[Liem discovers that his eyes have begun to drift closed, gazing sightlessly somewhere past Abel’s shoulder. He opens them again at the revelation, then frowns in apparent bewilderment at finding himself in the arms of the person he’s speaking to. That’s a rather strange way to be introduced to someone, and he can’t think of why he should be in this situation.]
It’s Talbott… Father Liem Talbott.
[It’s almost impossible to keep his mind from wandering along with the direction of Abel’s words. He can’t properly remember what they were talking about more than a few moments before, the context slipping from his grasp like oiled smoke.]
Not “Sir”… not really. Only her royal highness calls me that…
no subject
[Liem discovers that his eyes have begun to drift closed, gazing sightlessly somewhere past Abel’s shoulder. He opens them again at the revelation, then frowns in apparent bewilderment at finding himself in the arms of the person he’s speaking to. That’s a rather strange way to be introduced to someone, and he can’t think of why he should be in this situation.]
It’s Talbott… Father Liem Talbott.
[It’s almost impossible to keep his mind from wandering along with the direction of Abel’s words. He can’t properly remember what they were talking about more than a few moments before, the context slipping from his grasp like oiled smoke.]
Not “Sir”… not really. Only her royal highness calls me that…