Stop apologizing. You don't have anything to apologize to me for.
[And the people his apologies are really for are dead. Felix isn't about to take on the responsibility to forgive Dimitri for wrongs against the dead. No way.
Dimitri's hair is more or less free of tangles by now, but Felix keeps brushing anyway. It's a good excuse not to have to look the man in the eye, and it's something to do with his hands, which makes conversation a little easier.]
What are you--
[But no, he understands, he thinks. Given half a moment of thought.]
You mean Duscur. That's what I used to think, too. That you never came back.
[He purses his lips and finally puts the brush down so he can sit on the bed beside Dimitri.]
It might have been true for a while. But you're back now. That's the important part.
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[And the people his apologies are really for are dead. Felix isn't about to take on the responsibility to forgive Dimitri for wrongs against the dead. No way.
Dimitri's hair is more or less free of tangles by now, but Felix keeps brushing anyway. It's a good excuse not to have to look the man in the eye, and it's something to do with his hands, which makes conversation a little easier.]
What are you--
[But no, he understands, he thinks. Given half a moment of thought.]
You mean Duscur. That's what I used to think, too. That you never came back.
[He purses his lips and finally puts the brush down so he can sit on the bed beside Dimitri.]
It might have been true for a while. But you're back now. That's the important part.