peacetalks | [reverie

...I'll try. I doubt they'd want to, but I'll try.

The fewer of you who must suffer, the better. Though, I...

[without even thinking of it, his clawed hand comes up to touch roy's cheek]

... I dearly wish it were not you.

[Roy goes still with surprise, eyes widening. His lips part to speak, but whatever words he'd like to say evaporate before they can leave his tongue.

It's nice, being touched by Aymeric like this. He wishes he were Estinien, or someone worthy of being looked at with such fondness. If he closes his eyes for a second, he can almost pretend.]

I...

[lowers his hand, his eyes crinkling--both fond and sad]

Forgive me, I know 'tis selfish... I am simply...

[sighs]

You have become someone precious to me.

[Roy's brain has shut off because he had come here fully prepared to be yelled at, and now this is happening instead. these words no comprende]

I... have?

Aye. We are friends after all, are we not...?

[Roy relaxes a little. Just friends. That's all. That's all.]

Yeah. Of course.

And so of course I do not wish to see you hurt. We do not even know the nature of this "punishment"... it could be as mild or as deadly as aught else. You are truly certain you wish to do this?

I've already died once! And I've lost count of how many beatings I've taken, so - how much worse can it be?

[:(]

All the more reason you should not have to suffer when you have already endured so much...!

No one deserves to suffer. But I'm not scared of it either.

I know I've come back from worse. ...The worst isn't physical, anyway.

And what if that is the punishment? Not a physical lashing, but a mental one?

Then I'm glad I have friends to help me recover.

[Ha ha what can they possibly do, kill my daughter AGAIN?]

Oh, Roy...

[as aymeric looks at roy with an expression that can only be described as "doe-eyed", his eyes glow and burn a bright blue, enough to glow in darkness, and he touches roy's cheek again]

Whatever succor you desire after all of this, I will give freely. I swear it. Aught you need, you need only ask.

[I don't know what succor is]

If I need painkillers, don't let me near the clinic. No morphine and no booze. Healing magic is probably the safest.

[it sounds like suck-or, if that helps]

Understood. That, I can readily provide.

[That doesn't help Roy's brain NOT go into horny places]

I know. You've always been good with that.

[you're welcome

aymeric smiles sadly at roy, clawed fingers gentle at his cheek]

... is there truly naught I can say to convince you to reconsider?

[He leans into the touch of those claws, feeling vaguely guilty for being so greedy]

Mind's made up. Sorry to say.

[aymeric seems greedy for touch too, at least, as he holds roy's cheek]

One cannot gainsay your convictions...

[He can't be imagining this, right? Even if Aymeric said they were just friends, and-- he already had Estinien, and Megumi? Surely he didn't want more...

Roy, despite his better judgment, puts a hand over the one Aymeric has against his cheek - holding it there a little longer. In a forcibly light tone,]

Maybe I could've even been a knight in a different time.

[aymeric doesn't withdraw, just keeps his hand there, and a low draconic rumble emanates from his chest]

... I daresay you would make a fine knight.

[Chuckles,]

Oh no, I would've disgraced myself immediately.

But then some dumb act of valor would get me back in the knight commander's good graces again.

[smiles]

Is that so? Hmm, yes, I can imagine that. So long as this knight commander is overly fond of boisterous bravery and valiance.

C'mon, who wouldn't fall for some boisterous bravery?

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