[ He's not surprised by the answer. No, he can't be. As soon as it'd occurred to him, he'd known. And... he can't really be surprised that she'd lied, either. His own dæmon had been lying to him as well, in a way, by omission — which pretty well tells him he would do the same, in her place.
What does surprise him is how much it hurts. ]
...Thank you, then. It was nice to believe it for a while.
[ Nice to think he had someone who actually understood what he was talking about, when he talked of the place he so desperately wanted to return to. Oh, but that's not fair, is it? This is still Collette. Not his Collette, no, but there's a reason he'd come to like her in the first place. She's a delightful girl, with or without prior knowledge of him.
He stands again, drops a gloved hand to rest briefly on the top of her head. ]
If you don't mind, I think I'll — go.
[ It's totally unfair of him to be feeling this low and unhappy over this, he's sure of that. So he'd better go and do it in private. ]
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What does surprise him is how much it hurts. ]
...Thank you, then. It was nice to believe it for a while.
[ Nice to think he had someone who actually understood what he was talking about, when he talked of the place he so desperately wanted to return to. Oh, but that's not fair, is it? This is still Collette. Not his Collette, no, but there's a reason he'd come to like her in the first place. She's a delightful girl, with or without prior knowledge of him.
He stands again, drops a gloved hand to rest briefly on the top of her head. ]
If you don't mind, I think I'll — go.
[ It's totally unfair of him to be feeling this low and unhappy over this, he's sure of that. So he'd better go and do it in private. ]