[It's offered quietly, a soft mumble under a breath. And it's not like he can say or do anything that would stop her from doing so. Not anymore.
She is quiet for a while longer, her expression muted but thoughtful and worried, as she continues to trace her fingers over his face.]
A leader... [She finally answers with an exhale.] That is what you are. And it comes naturally to you.
[He does not need to ask for it to become so. People will follow him, as she has seen here, and in the past as Lord Commander.]
I suppose you may never be rid of that, but... is the difference now not that you've a right hand to help do some of that lifting? [A pause, and a rueful smile pulls at one corner of her lips.] And she is quite adamant about doing so. Stubbornly so.
[She is no longer his charge, does not need to hide behind him in the face of trouble but rather, stand beside him. And that does not even count all the others who would do the very same, she thinks.
And before he can object or say anything to contradict her, she continues.]
There was nothing inadequate about today, Cidolfus. Quit thinking that you must still do everything in order to make any difference. You will only tire yourself.
[The only inadequacy today, as far as she is concerned, is her own.]
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[It's offered quietly, a soft mumble under a breath. And it's not like he can say or do anything that would stop her from doing so. Not anymore.
She is quiet for a while longer, her expression muted but thoughtful and worried, as she continues to trace her fingers over his face.]
A leader... [She finally answers with an exhale.] That is what you are. And it comes naturally to you.
[He does not need to ask for it to become so. People will follow him, as she has seen here, and in the past as Lord Commander.]
I suppose you may never be rid of that, but... is the difference now not that you've a right hand to help do some of that lifting? [A pause, and a rueful smile pulls at one corner of her lips.] And she is quite adamant about doing so. Stubbornly so.
[She is no longer his charge, does not need to hide behind him in the face of trouble but rather, stand beside him. And that does not even count all the others who would do the very same, she thinks.
And before he can object or say anything to contradict her, she continues.]
There was nothing inadequate about today, Cidolfus. Quit thinking that you must still do everything in order to make any difference. You will only tire yourself.
[The only inadequacy today, as far as she is concerned, is her own.]