[ he rather feels that perhaps he ought to have gone over earlier, used his magic far more at a far earlier point. some pain could have been avoided that way, he supposes. ]
[ he's fine. the loss hits him, of course— even if it isn't his loss, it's an echo of his losses, reminding him of them. but he's lived with that for a long time now. he's fine. ]
[The pause is delicate. He knows, intellectually, that typing doesn't indicate the tremble of fingers, but the impulse to keep a steady hand when writing is hard to shake.]
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Date: 2020-08-22 08:05 am (UTC)It was not a reprimand.
Any injuries?
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Date: 2020-08-22 12:52 pm (UTC)Most of us.
[It takes a beat before he can hazard:] It's nearly all scars, now.
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Date: 2020-08-22 05:22 pm (UTC)[ or not; nightingale knows too well how wounds can ache long after the physical ones have healed. ]
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Date: 2020-08-23 01:31 am (UTC)[Because of course it would happen again.]
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Date: 2020-08-24 08:53 am (UTC)[ he rather feels that perhaps he ought to have gone over earlier, used his magic far more at a far earlier point. some pain could have been avoided that way, he supposes. ]
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Date: 2020-08-24 06:33 pm (UTC)[With the collective.
Or maybe with Nightingale specifically who knows.]
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Date: 2020-08-25 07:27 am (UTC)[ he's fine. the loss hits him, of course— even if it isn't his loss, it's an echo of his losses, reminding him of them. but he's lived with that for a long time now. he's fine. ]
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Date: 2020-08-25 01:58 pm (UTC)Did you attend the service?
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Date: 2020-08-30 02:46 pm (UTC)[ to do anything less would have seemed disrespectful. and yet, part of nightingale wishes he hadn't. ]
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Date: 2020-08-31 02:41 pm (UTC)[how to ask if dad is okay it was a lot??]
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Date: 2020-09-02 07:17 pm (UTC)Have you been to many services like it?
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Date: 2020-09-07 09:59 pm (UTC)Not quite like this.
There isn't often time.
Have you, sir?
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Date: 2020-09-12 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-12 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-20 12:19 pm (UTC)[ at least they haven't stumbled into a full-blown war here? small mercies, nightingale supposes.
he tries to shake the past off. ]
Good to hear you're all right, Hornblower.
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Date: 2020-09-22 07:49 pm (UTC)