[So Sherwood's was the cruelty of abandonment and neglect, not deliberate malice. Which is a little surprising to Myr--he'd asked the question on a hunch about the conclusion he'd wanted to draw--but...it is not, necessarily, a bad surprise.
He is quiet as he considers that, and the renewed flux of dread across the Bond. He did not value those who loved him.
Well. In Myr's estimation, that's certainly not a trait Everett shares, but he can extrapolate from his own experiences where the seeds of dread might begin. There is no use in hastening to offer false reassurances--no, dearheart, of course you'd never do that--when he hasn't full information on what Everett holds up as his own failings; that does not change his own unstinting affection and concern for the man across from him.]
And how did he think of the Springtide themselves? What bound him to them?
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He is quiet as he considers that, and the renewed flux of dread across the Bond. He did not value those who loved him.
Well. In Myr's estimation, that's certainly not a trait Everett shares, but he can extrapolate from his own experiences where the seeds of dread might begin. There is no use in hastening to offer false reassurances--no, dearheart, of course you'd never do that--when he hasn't full information on what Everett holds up as his own failings; that does not change his own unstinting affection and concern for the man across from him.]
And how did he think of the Springtide themselves? What bound him to them?