Indeed it does. [ It warms some sympathy back into his expression, rising back from that too-thoughtful distance. ] This is plainly not a kind or gentle world to be reborn into. Even so, perhaps we should not judge it as a second Deerington: thus far it has seemed more real, more grounded, and more reasonable a home.
But it sounds as though you are both well-prepared for living among danger. She may yet rise to the challenge.
I guess we kind of have to rise to the challenges here. I mean, what's the alternative? Besides, she's got plenty of power of her own - she's been practicing magic way longer than I have. Maybe it even translated better for her here than it did me.
[ He smiles back, and it smooths away the last of the distance in him. Now it's that familiar mingling of pity, and fondness, and warmth: something that, taken together, approximates hope. ]
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But it sounds as though you are both well-prepared for living among danger. She may yet rise to the challenge.
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[Willow grins.]
I think you'll like her, when you meet her.
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[ He smiles back, and it smooths away the last of the distance in him. Now it's that familiar mingling of pity, and fondness, and warmth: something that, taken together, approximates hope. ]
She is welcome here anytime.