[She does manage a faint smile, but the praise feels misplaced— with the stakes being what they were, how could she have made any other choice?
Instead, the fact that he reaches out to tuck her hair away from her face takes her by surprised; while she doesn't quite duck away from him, it had obviously been unexpected, if her quietly startled gaze is anything to measure by.]
... that means a great deal to me. 'Thank you' doesn't feel like enough. I wish that it was within my power to change what's to come for your people, as well.
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[She does manage a faint smile, but the praise feels misplaced— with the stakes being what they were, how could she have made any other choice?
Instead, the fact that he reaches out to tuck her hair away from her face takes her by surprised; while she doesn't quite duck away from him, it had obviously been unexpected, if her quietly startled gaze is anything to measure by.]
... that means a great deal to me. 'Thank you' doesn't feel like enough. I wish that it was within my power to change what's to come for your people, as well.