[ the air becomes too thin to breathe after jamie utters the word cassidy least wanted to hear. well, the word he least wanted to hear was dead, but gone is a close second. too often one is used in place of the other. but the words that follow loosen the knot in cassidy's chest, allowing him to draw a breath. not dead, then.
he still doesn't know what's meant by i sent her back, until he remembers that she wasn't actually of their time. in eudio, she'd been twice displaced. cassidy wonders if that's the root of it, but he doesn't know if jamie's in any fit state to answer more questions. he lays a hand over jamie's and squeezes in an attempt to be reassuring. ]
I'll fetch some water. Bide here a moment. [ then he rises from the bed, hoping it's not a mistake to leave jamie alone in his and claire's marital bed. he leaves the light off just in case and slips down the stairs.
the dogs greet him in the kitchen. ] Sleeping on the job, were you? [ they just watch him expectantly as he rummages in the cabinet for a glass and fills it with water from the sink, muttering about useless bloody mongrels.
when he climbs the stairs again, the dogs are at his heels. but when they catch jamie's scent, they dart around cassidy's legs and into the room ahead of him. he rolls his eyes and pauses at the landing to snatch jamie's dirk off the floor. with the dirk in one hand and the glass in the other, he carries on. ]
Here. [ returning to the bed, he hands the water to jamie. ] Drink hearty, you drunk ape.
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he still doesn't know what's meant by i sent her back, until he remembers that she wasn't actually of their time. in eudio, she'd been twice displaced. cassidy wonders if that's the root of it, but he doesn't know if jamie's in any fit state to answer more questions. he lays a hand over jamie's and squeezes in an attempt to be reassuring. ]
I'll fetch some water. Bide here a moment. [ then he rises from the bed, hoping it's not a mistake to leave jamie alone in his and claire's marital bed. he leaves the light off just in case and slips down the stairs.
the dogs greet him in the kitchen. ] Sleeping on the job, were you? [ they just watch him expectantly as he rummages in the cabinet for a glass and fills it with water from the sink, muttering about useless bloody mongrels.
when he climbs the stairs again, the dogs are at his heels. but when they catch jamie's scent, they dart around cassidy's legs and into the room ahead of him. he rolls his eyes and pauses at the landing to snatch jamie's dirk off the floor. with the dirk in one hand and the glass in the other, he carries on. ]
Here. [ returning to the bed, he hands the water to jamie. ] Drink hearty, you drunk ape.