[ A slippery slope, Tighnari says, and the implication isn't lost on him: the fact that they're even here now, talking about this, is enough to tell him that his lupine friend feels that he's already making his way down said slope, even without the gentle insistence that he's not "yet" that bad.
And of course Kaveh is going to resist, because in his mind, he has it under control; he really, truly does. It's bad now, it's been bad other time before, but it's not alwaysโ he can stop if he wants to, he's not gonna get that bad...
(Besides, killing himself with drink would be the coward's way out for someone who deserves to live through the pain.)
That last one is a thought he shakes off as he moves to lean a little into the curl of that tail, eyes closing and face turning into the softness of it, accepting it as a source of comfort even as Tighnari pulls Kaveh's hand into his lap to cradle it in both of his own, even as he asks that one question that Kaveh can never fully, truly answer.
Forgive me. ]
It's coming up on the anniversary of my father's death.
[ He's not sure if he's ever talked to Tighnari about the fact that his father is gone. All he knows for sure is that the Forest Watcher doesn't know why he's goneโ and Kaveh is intent on keeping it that way. ]
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And of course Kaveh is going to resist, because in his mind, he has it under control; he really, truly does. It's bad now, it's been bad other time before, but it's not alwaysโ he can stop if he wants to, he's not gonna get that bad...
(Besides, killing himself with drink would be the coward's way out for someone who deserves to live through the pain.)
That last one is a thought he shakes off as he moves to lean a little into the curl of that tail, eyes closing and face turning into the softness of it, accepting it as a source of comfort even as Tighnari pulls Kaveh's hand into his lap to cradle it in both of his own, even as he asks that one question that Kaveh can never fully, truly answer.
Forgive me. ]
It's coming up on the anniversary of my father's death.
[ He's not sure if he's ever talked to Tighnari about the fact that his father is gone. All he knows for sure is that the Forest Watcher doesn't know why he's goneโ and Kaveh is intent on keeping it that way. ]