The white lie presented by the similarly immaculate female was enough to clear some of the dark sadness that loomed over him, but never all. He was pleased to know that she remembered, that the heartfelt words he had once recited in front of the former Alpha, Fox, and her had not been simply a waste of air.
He then expected for her to give him some words of comfort or a simple smile, but she did neither. It was then that Galileo rembered that he was the Counselor not her, and that she did not not deserve to be burdened with his laments.
No one should.
Like a captain on a sinking ship he was meant to drown with his guilt by himself.
"Can we do something?"
The question had two different interpretations and despite he understood both he didn't want to chose either.
"Something about it? No, I think there is no remedy for me" he barked, every syllable drenched in palpable nostalgia."Or did you mean something other than talk? he ended, his eyes flickering slowly to the female's icy orbs only to drop once they made contact.
