The Knight is motionless as Lemm explains. His sitting down would have jarred them if they weren't listening too hard not to automatically adjust.
Knowing isn't the same as experiencing. Knowing intellectually isn't the same as understanding.
The hurt lingers yet. They wonder what he truly thought of their horror and rage and fear, when they fled from his shop the last time. Why they came back as his plea. Why they keep coming back--but this is enough for them to comprehend Lemm's responses here and now. That he hasn't had someone to swear taking injury on his behalf...isn't a surprise, nor necessarily grim. Theirs is a unique position.
Reassurance should come next. In the kingdom that's torn them apart in every way before they put themselves back together, any would feel like lies.
The Knight slips over to Lemm's side, settling down close enough to brush wing against shell.
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Knowing isn't the same as experiencing. Knowing intellectually isn't the same as understanding.
The hurt lingers yet. They wonder what he truly thought of their horror and rage and fear, when they fled from his shop the last time. Why they came back as his plea. Why they keep coming back--but this is enough for them to comprehend Lemm's responses here and now. That he hasn't had someone to swear taking injury on his behalf...isn't a surprise, nor necessarily grim. Theirs is a unique position.
Reassurance should come next. In the kingdom that's torn them apart in every way before they put themselves back together, any would feel like lies.
The Knight slips over to Lemm's side, settling down close enough to brush wing against shell.