[ Sylvain's answer isn't entirely surprising, nor is the fact that he finds it so quickly when the question is volleyed back his way. A few moments go by where Claude contemplates that, still tracing over constellations with sight alone as he somewhat unintentionally lets that hang out there without a response in return.
There's a few things he could say to that including some platitudes which would be entirely meaningless. And there's much he doesn't know about Sylvain either which keeps him from prying into that answer, but there is part of it he can relate to. ]
When I left where I grew up, I felt the same way. I was so ready to leave that ever missing the only place I'd ever known seemed like an impossibility. But there were things that crept in over time when I least expected them, small as they were, and tallied up more than I thought they would.
[ Claude finally stops looking at the stars alone to look over at Sylvain even if the other man's still considering the sea, one corner of his mouth quirked upwards with a wry smile. All partial truths with calculated omissions, context deliberately waved away, something complex distilled into something simpler to offer. ]
That's not to say it'll happen here. And then again, maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing if it didn't.
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Date: 2023-02-28 03:08 pm (UTC)There's a few things he could say to that including some platitudes which would be entirely meaningless. And there's much he doesn't know about Sylvain either which keeps him from prying into that answer, but there is part of it he can relate to. ]
When I left where I grew up, I felt the same way. I was so ready to leave that ever missing the only place I'd ever known seemed like an impossibility. But there were things that crept in over time when I least expected them, small as they were, and tallied up more than I thought they would.
[ Claude finally stops looking at the stars alone to look over at Sylvain even if the other man's still considering the sea, one corner of his mouth quirked upwards with a wry smile. All partial truths with calculated omissions, context deliberately waved away, something complex distilled into something simpler to offer. ]
That's not to say it'll happen here. And then again, maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing if it didn't.