January 22, 2024, 09:11 AM
Dutch watched Tullik, amused in spite of his discomfort. She was a woman who belonged at Chakliux's hearth, he thought, and for a moment he felt overwhelmed by the strength of his fondness for the other man.
"If you will insist, then I will accept your thanks in the spirit it is given," he said with a small smile on his face. "But in my family, we do not thank each other for doing what is expected. What is necessary. In this, we show trust and faith in each others’ strength."
Dutch could not imagine what sort of terror he would've grown up to be if his mother had thanked him more. He was self-aware enough to see that his ego needed no boosting.
"Family does not repay each other," he said to the woman. "When we do things for each other, it creates no debt, but digs our mutual well deeper."
"If you will insist, then I will accept your thanks in the spirit it is given," he said with a small smile on his face. "But in my family, we do not thank each other for doing what is expected. What is necessary. In this, we show trust and faith in each others’ strength."
Dutch could not imagine what sort of terror he would've grown up to be if his mother had thanked him more. He was self-aware enough to see that his ego needed no boosting.
"Family does not repay each other," he said to the woman. "When we do things for each other, it creates no debt, but digs our mutual well deeper."
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everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 21, 2024, 02:09 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Dutch - January 21, 2024, 08:30 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 21, 2024, 08:57 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Dutch - January 22, 2024, 09:11 AM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 22, 2024, 10:04 AM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Dutch - January 22, 2024, 02:05 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 22, 2024, 03:48 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Dutch - January 22, 2024, 04:13 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 22, 2024, 04:20 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Dutch - January 22, 2024, 05:00 PM
RE: everything stays (right where you left it) - by Tullik - January 31, 2024, 08:33 PM