02-27-2022, 01:05 AM
If anyone noticed Aslan’s inevitable disappearance, he figured it would be Crane. May Nisa never consider that.
“Thank you, Crane.”
And so it was last-name basis, despite the practically first-name emphasis.
“Will do,” he said, and it was about 45% true. “You’re tall, they won’t bother you,” he added wryly.
Only the readers know how hard he’ll be choking on those words later.
He was more tenuous about surviving home than the roads. In transit, he was moving. It was far more difficult to take down a moving target than a sleeping one – or a cornered one.
But home Aslan returned, and he was exhausted to the point that remaining there a few hours (dying there, even) seemed comfortable. He quietly opened and closed the door, unbuttoning his jacket in half-awake habit.
“Thank you, Crane.”
And so it was last-name basis, despite the practically first-name emphasis.
“Will do,” he said, and it was about 45% true. “You’re tall, they won’t bother you,” he added wryly.
Only the readers know how hard he’ll be choking on those words later.
He was more tenuous about surviving home than the roads. In transit, he was moving. It was far more difficult to take down a moving target than a sleeping one – or a cornered one.
But home Aslan returned, and he was exhausted to the point that remaining there a few hours (dying there, even) seemed comfortable. He quietly opened and closed the door, unbuttoning his jacket in half-awake habit.
