[ It's a relief. The narrowed point of focus. Ed being Ed about it, all sort of sharp-eyed in that way he gets, like maybe he's not all gone. A tiny little anchor, a comfort against the way that are they out there inadvertently squeezes the air out of his lungs with an unseemly wheeze.
He left Ed sitting here and he's the one taking comfort. Chauncey is lying out there somewhere because of him, and Stede is the one taking comfort. He shouldn't be here, and Ed's hand at his shoulder shouldn't be a tether in a scattered maze, but he's here anyway and he doesn't know how to make it not do that. ]
Oh. [ A touch belated, distracted. An "oh" in the sense that he told himself he'd explain, and then immediately ran aground after all of one sentence. Needs the middle bit, though, doesn't he. The part of the map with the ink. Needs the part that actually technically kept him away. ] Walked me out a ways. Meant to kill me. Can't really blame him in-- in context.
[ He doesn't tend to agree with getting murdered, but it's not like it doesn't make sense why people try it when they explain. Usually.
Stede really thought there'd be a point between then and stopping walking where he calmed down. Felt like he could catch his breath. But even the part where he wasn't thinking wasn't very calm. ]
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He left Ed sitting here and he's the one taking comfort. Chauncey is lying out there somewhere because of him, and Stede is the one taking comfort. He shouldn't be here, and Ed's hand at his shoulder shouldn't be a tether in a scattered maze, but he's here anyway and he doesn't know how to make it not do that. ]
Oh. [ A touch belated, distracted. An "oh" in the sense that he told himself he'd explain, and then immediately ran aground after all of one sentence. Needs the middle bit, though, doesn't he. The part of the map with the ink. Needs the part that actually technically kept him away. ] Walked me out a ways. Meant to kill me. Can't really blame him in-- in context.
[ He doesn't tend to agree with getting murdered, but it's not like it doesn't make sense why people try it when they explain. Usually.
Stede really thought there'd be a point between then and stopping walking where he calmed down. Felt like he could catch his breath. But even the part where he wasn't thinking wasn't very calm. ]
Everything he said was right.