"To get drunk," Vrenille's smile broadens, but now his eyes do swim a little too. It's true, so far as answers go, but it barely tells half the story.
"His contact partner 'd disappeared. Permanent contract. Was a powerful bond--it hit hard."
He makes a small gesture towards the ruins of the house, "All this had just happened, and...you were gone too. Not long, only a few days." Vrenille had still been reeling from it, as much from K's loss as the shock of the quake, the trauma of the two events laminated together in his experience, inextricable even now.
"But he was still here, and I wanted him to know he wasn't alone. I called, didn't really know if he'd accept, but..." He did.
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Date: 2024-01-23 12:10 pm (UTC)"His contact partner 'd disappeared. Permanent contract. Was a powerful bond--it hit hard."
He makes a small gesture towards the ruins of the house, "All this had just happened, and...you were gone too. Not long, only a few days." Vrenille had still been reeling from it, as much from K's loss as the shock of the quake, the trauma of the two events laminated together in his experience, inextricable even now.
"But he was still here, and I wanted him to know he wasn't alone. I called, didn't really know if he'd accept, but..." He did.