Vax was perceptive enough to know he'd said the wrong thing. It had stung her, and he hadn't meant for that. But he also knew that there were some situations that were too much a mess for everyone to walk away well pleased. There were times you had to choose, between one person and the other, or sets of principles, no matter how hard you tried to make a place between them. It reminded him very much of his love for Gilmore.
So Vax'ildan let his hand slide away from her, and pulled himself upright. "I'm sorry, too," he offered quietly.
Then he turned and walked away, and within one stride and the next, he let the dark of evening swallow him whole.
Re: Evening - for Vax
Vax was perceptive enough to know he'd said the wrong thing. It had stung her, and he hadn't meant for that. But he also knew that there were some situations that were too much a mess for everyone to walk away well pleased. There were times you had to choose, between one person and the other, or sets of principles, no matter how hard you tried to make a place between them. It reminded him very much of his love for Gilmore.
So Vax'ildan let his hand slide away from her, and pulled himself upright. "I'm sorry, too," he offered quietly.
Then he turned and walked away, and within one stride and the next, he let the dark of evening swallow him whole.