[Her hand comes up to rest lightly and briefly against his cheek.]
You have nothing to be sorry about. I get it. We...lucked out. It was good for us. I understand that feeling like you've lost all of that...it's a blow.
[It's like losing an entire life, in a way. It might not have been real in a technical sense, but it was perceived as real. The heart and mind accepts it as real. Of course Jaskier would feel the loss of it in both.
She laughs a little, finding a spot to sit that is free of baking matter.]
You're not the only one who came back with a bunch of new plant and planting knowledge. I remember more about soil conditions than I ever could have imagined there is to know.
[She offers a comforting smile.]
And hey, don't knock memories. Everything we lived through...it meant something. Even if we lived through it before we ought to have.
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[Her hand comes up to rest lightly and briefly against his cheek.]
You have nothing to be sorry about. I get it. We...lucked out. It was good for us. I understand that feeling like you've lost all of that...it's a blow.
[It's like losing an entire life, in a way. It might not have been real in a technical sense, but it was perceived as real. The heart and mind accepts it as real. Of course Jaskier would feel the loss of it in both.
She laughs a little, finding a spot to sit that is free of baking matter.]
You're not the only one who came back with a bunch of new plant and planting knowledge. I remember more about soil conditions than I ever could have imagined there is to know.
[She offers a comforting smile.]
And hey, don't knock memories. Everything we lived through...it meant something. Even if we lived through it before we ought to have.