[How long has it been since last he heard his cousin cry? (Or apologize explicitly for something he'd done, in words rather than deed--) Even through the haze of alcohol hearing the two together shocks Myr to his core--not enough to sober him up but plenty to wring a sudden protective anxiety out of him. It's the old, old instinct to leap to Van's defense against all comers, to redress any injury done his cousin--
Except who's he supposed to go after when he's the one who did it, all unknowing, and there's no unsaying the words? (Not that he would if he could: They're true. And they needed to be said, if there was any healing the festering wound between them. Cut it wide open to clean it out.)
He cradles the sending crystal in his palms, head held low as the sounds of Van's misery wash over him, lower lip caught between his teeth. What does he say?]
--Vandelin. I-- shit. --I know, Van. I know you're sorry; Maker's breath, I know--
[There's something else he needs to say here and he can't find the words with how thick his head feels, how inept his tongue--]
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Van--
[How long has it been since last he heard his cousin cry? (Or apologize explicitly for something he'd done, in words rather than deed--) Even through the haze of alcohol hearing the two together shocks Myr to his core--not enough to sober him up but plenty to wring a sudden protective anxiety out of him. It's the old, old instinct to leap to Van's defense against all comers, to redress any injury done his cousin--
Except who's he supposed to go after when he's the one who did it, all unknowing, and there's no unsaying the words? (Not that he would if he could: They're true. And they needed to be said, if there was any healing the festering wound between them. Cut it wide open to clean it out.)
He cradles the sending crystal in his palms, head held low as the sounds of Van's misery wash over him, lower lip caught between his teeth. What does he say?]
--Vandelin. I-- shit. --I know, Van. I know you're sorry; Maker's breath, I know--
[There's something else he needs to say here and he can't find the words with how thick his head feels, how inept his tongue--]