SUSAN/TESS BEST OMG. to jump back a few comments--
peter opens the hotel room door and it's susan.
"you came," he says, and she resists rolling her eyes. peter and his stating of the obvious. she resists saying of course, and instead steps through the doorway and peter closes the door.
"where are edmund and lucy?" she asks.
peter says, "i can't tell you that. you're still the enemy."
she presses her lips in a thin line. "i see."
--jumping again!
susan wants to ask tess if she ever misses him, misses danny. but susan will not give up her connections even if they are from a past life, and besides no one appreciates such questions. especially people like tess.
especially people like susan. miraz likes to ask her if she misses her brother, wasting away in a midwestern prison, and susan knows it's a test because miraz is just that kind of man, but it would be too much to say "not at all" so she had replied, "he's my brother, you know. he's in my thoughts. what do you expect me to say?"
miraz raised an eyebrow. "the truth, of course. i expect nothing less and nothing more from you."
susan replied, "likewise."
"besides," he added, "blood ties are not so binding."
he likes to put her on edge and then to woo her back from it. not so different from what ed likes to do, actually, but at least she knows that with edmund there is genuine affection, that when he takes her hand and pulls her back it's because he doesn't want her to fall, not because he doesn't himself.
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peter opens the hotel room door and it's susan.
"you came," he says, and she resists rolling her eyes. peter and his stating of the obvious. she resists saying of course, and instead steps through the doorway and peter closes the door.
"where are edmund and lucy?" she asks.
peter says, "i can't tell you that. you're still the enemy."
she presses her lips in a thin line. "i see."
--jumping again!
susan wants to ask tess if she ever misses him, misses danny. but susan will not give up her connections even if they are from a past life, and besides no one appreciates such questions. especially people like tess.
especially people like susan. miraz likes to ask her if she misses her brother, wasting away in a midwestern prison, and susan knows it's a test because miraz is just that kind of man, but it would be too much to say "not at all" so she had replied, "he's my brother, you know. he's in my thoughts. what do you expect me to say?"
miraz raised an eyebrow. "the truth, of course. i expect nothing less and nothing more from you."
susan replied, "likewise."
"besides," he added, "blood ties are not so binding."
he likes to put her on edge and then to woo her back from it. not so different from what ed likes to do, actually, but at least she knows that with edmund there is genuine affection, that when he takes her hand and pulls her back it's because he doesn't want her to fall, not because he doesn't himself.