[ He is surrounded by people in tragic circumstances. Rosette, the orphan. Oz, who can't even claim to be one, because he isn't a real boy. Elliot, dead. Allen, the idiotic hero. Gilbert...
Gilbert. That he is his precious master's enemy is another one of fate's cruel jokes (she has so many). And now Kevin: reunited, after so many years, with someone who hardly knows him. ]
I see.
[ With that, he pulls his foot from Kevin's grasp and rights himself, sitting up on the sofa once more. A long moment unwinds, as he sits next to Kevin, wordlessly. Finally, he reaches out with one hand, finds Kevin's fingers, and laces his own through them. ]
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Gilbert. That he is his precious master's enemy is another one of fate's cruel jokes (she has so many). And now Kevin: reunited, after so many years, with someone who hardly knows him. ]
I see.
[ With that, he pulls his foot from Kevin's grasp and rights himself, sitting up on the sofa once more. A long moment unwinds, as he sits next to Kevin, wordlessly. Finally, he reaches out with one hand, finds Kevin's fingers, and laces his own through them. ]