Helpful, he said. Gansey's brows shot up. Helpful because of his business relationship with -- Jesus Christ -- Iron Man, andhow that might impact his future.
"You don't think we can leave," Gansey said, more awed than terrified for that moment, only until his thought followed to the logical conclusion. "What about the one that came before?" He couldn't say the other Gansey because that was still too absurd to hear in his own voice.
He went to take another sip of coffee and it was empty. No words to say that weren't potentially ruinous to any two people in earshot and nothing to drown out the taste in his mouth.
"I -- we found Glendower." That culminated in a shrug that swelled with a self-deprecating smile that said what can you do. There were some more words he wasn't ready to say. Even though he'd said it before, he'd crushed too many hopeful smiles today already. "And I died. Again." At least he got to kiss Blue. At least Ronan was okay. At least Cabeswater had liked him enough to think it a willing sacrifice.
"It didn't take." He smiled. It was surface-level at best, but he was trying. With the least information, Gansey felt out of his element. All he could do was offer information, gather it, and hope it could all be pieced together. With his royal court assembled in its entirety, he knew it would all make sense soon.
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"You don't think we can leave," Gansey said, more awed than terrified for that moment, only until his thought followed to the logical conclusion. "What about the one that came before?" He couldn't say the other Gansey because that was still too absurd to hear in his own voice.
He went to take another sip of coffee and it was empty. No words to say that weren't potentially ruinous to any two people in earshot and nothing to drown out the taste in his mouth.
"I -- we found Glendower." That culminated in a shrug that swelled with a self-deprecating smile that said what can you do. There were some more words he wasn't ready to say. Even though he'd said it before, he'd crushed too many hopeful smiles today already. "And I died. Again." At least he got to kiss Blue. At least Ronan was okay. At least Cabeswater had liked him enough to think it a willing sacrifice.
"It didn't take." He smiled. It was surface-level at best, but he was trying. With the least information, Gansey felt out of his element. All he could do was offer information, gather it, and hope it could all be pieced together. With his royal court assembled in its entirety, he knew it would all make sense soon.