He couldn't even manage running away together without hurting Ed, could he? It filters in almost idly, distantly. Tightness of his voice, his posture, sterner lines of his expression. How long was he even sitting there? Definitely hours. All night. Some morning. Of course he feels like he should give fair notice. ]
Yeah.
[ Stede probably shouldn't miss that soft excitement from earlier. Ed and his big smile, what he looked like happy. Or he honestly shouldn't be surprised it's been chased off, maybe. He feels like he can't track the plot on what's worse.
He scrubs at his face with his sleeve. Is it dignified? No. Has dignity really been on the table since about the time he got woken up? Also no. No need to worry about it too much when he's at bedrock. ]
Sorry. Yes. I'm here. [ Debatable at best. ] Just need a minute.
[ He definitely doesn't want either of them to be back there no matter what else he still has to do, at least, so he is... definitely physically here. He's not sure if it's better for anybody that he managed it.
Doesn't make a very clean break, being on the water whenever he scrapes together the means for a human conversation. Sort of has them both stuck. Stede hadn't thought ahead to that. ]
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He couldn't even manage running away together without hurting Ed, could he? It filters in almost idly, distantly. Tightness of his voice, his posture, sterner lines of his expression. How long was he even sitting there? Definitely hours. All night. Some morning. Of course he feels like he should give fair notice. ]
Yeah.
[ Stede probably shouldn't miss that soft excitement from earlier. Ed and his big smile, what he looked like happy. Or he honestly shouldn't be surprised it's been chased off, maybe. He feels like he can't track the plot on what's worse.
He scrubs at his face with his sleeve. Is it dignified? No. Has dignity really been on the table since about the time he got woken up? Also no. No need to worry about it too much when he's at bedrock. ]
Sorry. Yes. I'm here. [ Debatable at best. ] Just need a minute.
[ He definitely doesn't want either of them to be back there no matter what else he still has to do, at least, so he is... definitely physically here. He's not sure if it's better for anybody that he managed it.
Doesn't make a very clean break, being on the water whenever he scrapes together the means for a human conversation. Sort of has them both stuck. Stede hadn't thought ahead to that. ]