[Of course she is. Of course she always is. He exhales softly, halfway to a sigh. One headache replaced with another...]
My world's future is set. Remember? We both saw the sunrise. There's no point in worrying about it anymore, it's going to be fine.
[That it has to be fine without him, without a king... it's too bad, but it's not the worst fate. If he dies in his thirties it will have gone without a king for a decade already. Better to be without darkness, without daemons. His world's future is safe, and that he plays a part in that is the one good thing he has left of himself to offer to it.
Anyway, that's not what he asked, or what he wants to care about right now.]
Being worried more about us doesn't mean you're not worried about yourself. You know that's okay, right? To say it?
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My world's future is set. Remember? We both saw the sunrise. There's no point in worrying about it anymore, it's going to be fine.
[That it has to be fine without him, without a king... it's too bad, but it's not the worst fate. If he dies in his thirties it will have gone without a king for a decade already. Better to be without darkness, without daemons. His world's future is safe, and that he plays a part in that is the one good thing he has left of himself to offer to it.
Anyway, that's not what he asked, or what he wants to care about right now.]
Being worried more about us doesn't mean you're not worried about yourself. You know that's okay, right? To say it?