It’s such an odd thing, going about your life at Riftwatch for almost two years and not realising all of this lay beneath the surface. Noted traitorous coward. He should have wondered more.
When Benedict looks away from him, Strange looks out at the sunset instead, the last of the light draining away and leaving the bonfire in its place, darkness deepening. There’s still music in the background, distant chatter, occasional laughter from their colleagues, the splash of someone swimming, and the merriment all feels very far away as he pictures the cells instead.
Byerly. More things to quietly note in the back of his mind about the former head of Diplomacy.
“You’ve had,” he says, “a very interesting career.”
A beat, another splash in the distance, the two of them marinating in the silence a little. “Apologies if I brought down the mood. It’s just—” Saying interesting again feels a bit too rude, treating Benedict like he’s a bug pinned under a microscope, and yet. “I had no idea about any of this. Thank you for indulging my curiosity. I like to understand the people I’m working with.”
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When Benedict looks away from him, Strange looks out at the sunset instead, the last of the light draining away and leaving the bonfire in its place, darkness deepening. There’s still music in the background, distant chatter, occasional laughter from their colleagues, the splash of someone swimming, and the merriment all feels very far away as he pictures the cells instead.
Byerly. More things to quietly note in the back of his mind about the former head of Diplomacy.
“You’ve had,” he says, “a very interesting career.”
A beat, another splash in the distance, the two of them marinating in the silence a little. “Apologies if I brought down the mood. It’s just—” Saying interesting again feels a bit too rude, treating Benedict like he’s a bug pinned under a microscope, and yet. “I had no idea about any of this. Thank you for indulging my curiosity. I like to understand the people I’m working with.”