[Oh, there's a twitch in his expression and he reaches over to flick him in the forehead at the Moonweaver comment. Not hard, just an admonishment. Some loyalties do lay beneath it seems.]
Ah-- Harrow. I was told I could either sleep properly or lie down and die, which I believe was meant as encouragement. And I'm not . . . exactly avoiding it, as much as when I just lay there, thinking of nothing, I start thinking of things I don't particularly want to dwell on. It isn't my favorite.
That does sound like Harrow. She told me something rather similar earlier this week. [ "if you're in pain, stop being an infant and own up to it". bless her heart.
there's a quiet, thoughtful moment as molly finishes, though. it's not an unfamiliar feeling, lying in bed awake at night. ] ...I suppose the true solution, then, is not giving yourself time to think, between wakefulness and sleep. The sort where you blink, and then it's morning. [ drinking. nearly dying in a battle. simply staying up until you can't anymore. things like that. ] There are healthy ways and unhealthy ways.
[ there's a beat; molly's hand is still over his, and gu yun shifts, lifting his wrist to turn his hand over, palm up, under molly's. ]
Does company help? [ ...it could be something like being kept up talking to someone, too. ]
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Ah-- Harrow. I was told I could either sleep properly or lie down and die, which I believe was meant as encouragement. And I'm not . . . exactly avoiding it, as much as when I just lay there, thinking of nothing, I start thinking of things I don't particularly want to dwell on. It isn't my favorite.
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That does sound like Harrow. She told me something rather similar earlier this week. [ "if you're in pain, stop being an infant and own up to it". bless her heart.
there's a quiet, thoughtful moment as molly finishes, though. it's not an unfamiliar feeling, lying in bed awake at night. ] ...I suppose the true solution, then, is not giving yourself time to think, between wakefulness and sleep. The sort where you blink, and then it's morning. [ drinking. nearly dying in a battle. simply staying up until you can't anymore. things like that. ] There are healthy ways and unhealthy ways.
[ there's a beat; molly's hand is still over his, and gu yun shifts, lifting his wrist to turn his hand over, palm up, under molly's. ]
Does company help? [ ...it could be something like being kept up talking to someone, too. ]
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He laces his fingers with gu yun's, the red eye on the back of his hand shifting with the skin.]
Company helps.
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[ so...
if company helps, then he'll provide it. a part of him is embarrassed; the tips of his ears are red.
but he squeezes his hand. ]