Next year is a long way off. Now that he has invoked it, the weight of it is almost unbearable. He can feel that stretch of time like a physical weight settling upon his shoulders.
The pressure of it quiets him. For a moment, there is just his thumb moving along the back of her hand. Ruadh's tail thumping on the stone floor, observant, while Ellis works his way to a lighter answer.
"Maybe next year I won't feel so tired," he tells her, before asking, "I'll do my best."
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Next year is a long way off. Now that he has invoked it, the weight of it is almost unbearable. He can feel that stretch of time like a physical weight settling upon his shoulders.
The pressure of it quiets him. For a moment, there is just his thumb moving along the back of her hand. Ruadh's tail thumping on the stone floor, observant, while Ellis works his way to a lighter answer.
"Maybe next year I won't feel so tired," he tells her, before asking, "I'll do my best."