Able to do your duty, but -- [He shakes a hand through his hair, closes his eyes, and nods.] Consider the idea you are more wounded inside than you think. And it's still my job not to ignore it. [So he'll be safe distance monitoring if nothing else!]
Yes. Catholic charity. It's how I went to one of their Jesuit schools.
Oh, indeed. [The two tones of blue eyes darken even more.] Everyone suffered, but they were suffering even before that.
[But he lights up at her laugh and response to the compliment, filing it away in his head!] Truly? You're so brilliant though! I daresay you could have done better than I did at politics, and definitely better than the rest of those old codgers at parliament! I'd love to see you give them what-for!
[And now she's teaching him history and he's beyond smitten!]
[Absolutely hanging on every word! And as a storyteller himself, he knows how valuable an audience reaction is, so tries to give back as much as he can without interrupting, but in his case, it's all eyes.]
[Safety.]
[Was that part of the problem behind Holmes? The illusion that by putting the control back in the hands of the reader, they could claim some safety in a very cruel and unforgiving world?]
[He's completely enraptured by the story, and by the end he holds out a gloved hand.] I quite refuse to believe anyone could have told that better than you! I won't hear of it.
I owe you an apology little tern! May I borrow your hand? [He doesn't explain that tern = arctic bird that spends all day flying further and more than all other birds. But does explain the hand thing, because he doesn't want her to think he means CHOPPING IT OFF or something utterly insane.] This doesn't mean for keeps, it means, will you do me the utmost honor, and trust your hand in mine for a moment so I may issue a proper apology?
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Yes. Catholic charity. It's how I went to one of their Jesuit schools.
Oh, indeed. [The two tones of blue eyes darken even more.] Everyone suffered, but they were suffering even before that.
[But he lights up at her laugh and response to the compliment, filing it away in his head!] Truly? You're so brilliant though! I daresay you could have done better than I did at politics, and definitely better than the rest of those old codgers at parliament! I'd love to see you give them what-for!
[And now she's teaching him history and he's beyond smitten!]
[Absolutely hanging on every word! And as a storyteller himself, he knows how valuable an audience reaction is, so tries to give back as much as he can without interrupting, but in his case, it's all eyes.]
[Safety.]
[Was that part of the problem behind Holmes? The illusion that by putting the control back in the hands of the reader, they could claim some safety in a very cruel and unforgiving world?]
[He's completely enraptured by the story, and by the end he holds out a gloved hand.] I quite refuse to believe anyone could have told that better than you! I won't hear of it.
I owe you an apology little tern! May I borrow your hand? [He doesn't explain that tern = arctic bird that spends all day flying further and more than all other birds. But does explain the hand thing, because he doesn't want her to think he means CHOPPING IT OFF or something utterly insane.] This doesn't mean for keeps, it means, will you do me the utmost honor, and trust your hand in mine for a moment so I may issue a proper apology?