[ She might try to mask it, but he can still hear the hurt layered in her tone. Can feel it, aching and painful at the edge of his awareness.
He studies her for a moment before giving a quiet sigh and scooping her up in his arms and carrying her back over to his bed where he can sit and deposit her on his lap. Both of them need to start talking about this or its never going to get resolved. And as she’s the one at hand at the moment, he’ll start here. ]
So you fought, because the most notorious secret-keeper we know - save maybe Yuri - kept more secrets from you. [ He tugs a lock of her hair as he searches her face. ] Hilda, is there a chance he might have been keeping those secrets because you’re his best friend? Maybe he was trying to protect you. You and I… we haven’t been through the full war like he has. We don’t know what he’s seen, what he’s experienced.
And how do you know he wouldn’t have told you eventually? I’m pretty sure if there was anyone he would open up to about his secrets, it would be you. Maybe the right time hadn’t come up yet. Or maybe… maybe he was just afraid.
[ He’s pretty sure Claude wouldn’t appreciate that particular comment, but in some ways, Sylvain understands his methods and logic about some things all too well. And he can’t rule that out. ]
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He studies her for a moment before giving a quiet sigh and scooping her up in his arms and carrying her back over to his bed where he can sit and deposit her on his lap. Both of them need to start talking about this or its never going to get resolved. And as she’s the one at hand at the moment, he’ll start here. ]
So you fought, because the most notorious secret-keeper we know - save maybe Yuri - kept more secrets from you. [ He tugs a lock of her hair as he searches her face. ] Hilda, is there a chance he might have been keeping those secrets because you’re his best friend? Maybe he was trying to protect you. You and I… we haven’t been through the full war like he has. We don’t know what he’s seen, what he’s experienced.
And how do you know he wouldn’t have told you eventually? I’m pretty sure if there was anyone he would open up to about his secrets, it would be you. Maybe the right time hadn’t come up yet. Or maybe… maybe he was just afraid.
[ He’s pretty sure Claude wouldn’t appreciate that particular comment, but in some ways, Sylvain understands his methods and logic about some things all too well. And he can’t rule that out. ]