but there's limited time, she knows that. if she says nothing, to him, to anyone else: thranduil left a history behind him. she isn't the only person in kirkwall who remembers him. not the only person who remembers their history. it will come up. and maybe to thranduil she could say, you don't know me so it's not your history so I didn't have to share it with you, and that doesn't sound totally unreasonable. she isn't as sure about what clarisse might think, if she evaded her, and she found out later.
or at least, is more sure that it matters. he's a clean slate; what that will mean remains to be seen. clarisse is her friend, now, in front of her.
it takes her long enough, this train of thought, for the extended silence to have become awkward. )
The first time that Thranduil Oropherion was here, ( echoing her own phrasing, ) the time he doesn't remember. He was, that's—
That is my ex-husband, that I mentioned. There's paperwork with his married name on it, he was a very. Large part of my twenties and everything I did, early on, with Riftwatch. We were separated when the Fade took him back and it hadn't ended well.
(large. yeah, he's fucking six foot six, he was a huge part of her twenties. )
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but there's limited time, she knows that. if she says nothing, to him, to anyone else: thranduil left a history behind him. she isn't the only person in kirkwall who remembers him. not the only person who remembers their history. it will come up. and maybe to thranduil she could say, you don't know me so it's not your history so I didn't have to share it with you, and that doesn't sound totally unreasonable. she isn't as sure about what clarisse might think, if she evaded her, and she found out later.
or at least, is more sure that it matters. he's a clean slate; what that will mean remains to be seen. clarisse is her friend, now, in front of her.
it takes her long enough, this train of thought, for the extended silence to have become awkward. )
The first time that Thranduil Oropherion was here, ( echoing her own phrasing, ) the time he doesn't remember. He was, that's—
That is my ex-husband, that I mentioned. There's paperwork with his married name on it, he was a very. Large part of my twenties and everything I did, early on, with Riftwatch. We were separated when the Fade took him back and it hadn't ended well.
( large. yeah, he's fucking six foot six, he was a huge part of her twenties. )