it's a mess

*Valentine* · 02-28-2015, 08:47 PM

Valentine found himself nodding as she spoke. Not in agreement, but in understanding. He knew what it was like to be alone and he definitely knew what it was like to be scared. But just because he could relate didn't mean he had a complete grasp of what she was feeling. He regarded her in silence as she spoke, never once interrupting.

The brute understood Bass' hurt feelings, but if he had known the extent of what Rhythm's family had put her through he would have gone to Abaven himself and either rung out an apology or broken a jaw in the process. Never once had they thought about Rhythm. It was their happiness and their heartbreak and their hurt feelings. What of hers? What made their feelings so much more important? At least when he'd asked her to say, Valen had been thinking of her safety.

He took several long moments to sort his thoughts, but once Valentine thought he had a good grip on them, he parted with the words carefully. "I'm sorry." For the things he could influence, like making her feel at home, and the things he could not, like her shitty family. "Whenever, if ever, you're scared, you can always call for me. Any time of day or night, I'll come." He wanted to offer to be closer, to sleep atop the boulder if necessary, but the emphasis she'd placed on not accelerating their relationship prevented him from doing so. The brute's ears flicked and he sighed. "As for your family, I..." Oh, this was an awful idea, he hated it already, "I can talk to Bass if you like, see what, if anything, I can do." As for the 'her'... "Her who? One of your sisters?" For Rhythm and Rhythm alone, he was willing to speak to them too. "Maybe they just need more time," he offered.

Her final statement was the hardest to respond to. Before answering it the brute's eyes sought out the sun. When his gaze returned to the fae, his voice was soft and his expression sincere. "Miss Rhythm, only you know the answer to that. I of course think you made a wise decision. If I didn't think it was safer here I wouldn't have asked in the first place." He still stood by his decision to ask. There was no doubt in his mind that Bass was a capable leader, but he did feel as if Imperium was a safer haven. His pack was geared towards a strong military force and from what he knew of Abaven, it was not. "May I be honest? You living here shouldn't signal the end of your relationship with your family. If your family bases your relationship on how close you live to them then they're the ones creating the problem, not you."

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