She shrugs. "You could not have expected that to change," she says, offhandedly. If he did, he did not know her at all. Haleth is nothing if not practical and efficient.
As is Caranthir, in truth, though perhaps not to the same extent. One way in which they had dealt well together. One of several.
One of the things she had turned against him, in their argument; pointing out all the ways a lover's arrangement--any arrangement--between them would have been impractical and futile, and flinging them in his face like weapons, with cold deliberation.
No, Haleth does not blame Caranthir at all for anything cruel he said to her. It would be hypocritical, when it was she who began the cruelty, with full intent.
She eats her food quietly, lingering a little more than she usually would. Awkwardness makes a poor seasoning.
gaah, phone tags and typos, sigh. sorry about those.
As is Caranthir, in truth, though perhaps not to the same extent. One way in which they had dealt well together. One of several.
One of the things she had turned against him, in their argument; pointing out all the ways a lover's arrangement--any arrangement--between them would have been impractical and futile, and flinging them in his face like weapons, with cold deliberation.
No, Haleth does not blame Caranthir at all for anything cruel he said to her. It would be hypocritical, when it was she who began the cruelty, with full intent.
She eats her food quietly, lingering a little more than she usually would. Awkwardness makes a poor seasoning.