[ in his wager, that is — no, it's a joke, still, and he doesn't expect a response to it all, entirely pleased to focus on the hypothetical of this world where they might have lived at the same time.
pleased, yes, in the kind of way that is half surprise and half something else, something that makes him look down almost sheepishly, like he isn't sure how to take the compliment and yet cherishes it dearly at the same time, not least for that it comes from octavian, specifically. ]
Really? [ again, not asked because he needs a response; it is mostly a huff of air, a quiet comment, as if his brain is still stuck on the possible truth of that and needs a moment. but when he has had it, ] So are you. Here, now, in this place.
[ not would have been, but are, because it's true. ]
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[ in his wager, that is — no, it's a joke, still, and he doesn't expect a response to it all, entirely pleased to focus on the hypothetical of this world where they might have lived at the same time.
pleased, yes, in the kind of way that is half surprise and half something else, something that makes him look down almost sheepishly, like he isn't sure how to take the compliment and yet cherishes it dearly at the same time, not least for that it comes from octavian, specifically. ]
Really? [ again, not asked because he needs a response; it is mostly a huff of air, a quiet comment, as if his brain is still stuck on the possible truth of that and needs a moment. but when he has had it, ] So are you. Here, now, in this place.
[ not would have been, but are, because it's true. ]