[ Fitz anticipates a shift, though he had wondered Markus would take a more abstract perspective, truthful and informative without providing the intimate details that prove he's more man than idea (and less malleable than he makes himself, for his friends). As ever, Markus surprises him, a sharp pivot left where Fitz expected a soft turn.
Used. Past tense. For time is the longest distance between two places, as he so often recalls, though Markus describes it as quick (If Connor's hardly a year old — how long has Markus been active? A question for later.) Fitz meets his sideways glance with his customary attentiveness, ever too fixated on his interlocutors. Might be alarming, for his other friends. A crease in his brow matches Markus' own sobering expression. ]
Carl.
[ he replies, quiet but sure, because loss always has a name, and it won't do to forgot or obscure it. ]
And your role, your used to ended when he... [ he trails off, biting the inside of his cheek. Hard not to consider how Connor had discussed the topic of deviance and its manifestation in his own life, contrasting it against Markus' first descriptions of love and loss as motivators for change. ]
no subject
Used. Past tense. For time is the longest distance between two places, as he so often recalls, though Markus describes it as quick (If Connor's hardly a year old — how long has Markus been active? A question for later.) Fitz meets his sideways glance with his customary attentiveness, ever too fixated on his interlocutors. Might be alarming, for his other friends. A crease in his brow matches Markus' own sobering expression. ]
Carl.
[ he replies, quiet but sure, because loss always has a name, and it won't do to forgot or obscure it. ]
And your role, your used to ended when he... [ he trails off, biting the inside of his cheek. Hard not to consider how Connor had discussed the topic of deviance and its manifestation in his own life, contrasting it against Markus' first descriptions of love and loss as motivators for change. ]