[ Bastien's smile flashes wider at the mention of the cup and ball, then sobers without quite disappearing. ]
We might have kidnapped you otherwise,
[ is a thought he could elaborate on, if it were the time, place, or point for teasing hyperbole. Those big brown eyes, that disinclination to enable atrocities. Surely someone would have fallen in love and stuffed him into a sack on their way out. ]
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We might have kidnapped you otherwise,
[ is a thought he could elaborate on, if it were the time, place, or point for teasing hyperbole. Those big brown eyes, that disinclination to enable atrocities. Surely someone would have fallen in love and stuffed him into a sack on their way out. ]
Were you on the frontlines?