If I can help one fainting robin unto his nest again
I shall not live in vain
I shall not live in vain
Of course, he reassures instead of transmitting perplexity or anything else that may make Sohalia feel out of place for having worried at all. Harper can clearly comprehend why she would be hesitant. Jude is his son, and no matter how close he and Sohalia come to be, many people perceive that blood tie to be definitive and above all other connections. She will come to find that Harper is not that way. Even as the presumed injured party, I don't assume Jude knew your exact thoughts and feelings, and he very well may have been wrong about much of what he told me. His son had been quite distressed as well, which did not often lend itself well to clarity or cohesiveness. It's important to get both sides - but also to give you space to share how you're feeling too. Something he knows with certainty she doesn't have - at least not her original parents or mentor. If he can do that for her, he will.
Harper patiently waits for her to collect her thoughts as they soar to higher altitudes that will afford them a more peaceful flight. When it does come, it's a deluge of words and feelings, and Harper can only continue to emit his own sense of calm and patience for her to feel through the bond in hopes of planting that same seed in her mind. Soh's sincerity is promising if nothing else that things can be fixed, but Harper knows with so many hands and hearts involved, he can't assure any outcomes. All he can impart is advice.
Lingering feelings for another person or prior partner does not always constitute emotional cheating, he murmurs, sticking faithfully to impartiality. But as far as I understand you had chosen to be monogamous, and while confessing your realization was honorable - and I'm proud of you for your honesty - the timing is understandably confusing on the other end. Hurtful, too, but Harper can feel the near-endless depths of guilt in Sohalia's heart, and he doesn't want to worsen it.
If you had confessed the difficulties of still having feelings and requested patience or support and that was all, it would be understandable. But to then request to act on them - or even to imply it - does make it seem like you're having doubts, or at least a strong desire to pursue a different relationship, even if presented under the guise of polyamory. And Harper is proud of the two of them for having had that talk at all, something so mature and advanced yet integral to the boundaries of their relationship, but perhaps it had only confused Sohalia more as someone who hadn't considered anything but monogamy in her life before that. In fact, the polyamory can be seen as an excuse or disingenuous, a cover-up for the interest in other pursuits. Does that make sense? He checks in, wanting to see how her understanding of things develops as they speak so he can clarify as needed.
Harper patiently waits for her to collect her thoughts as they soar to higher altitudes that will afford them a more peaceful flight. When it does come, it's a deluge of words and feelings, and Harper can only continue to emit his own sense of calm and patience for her to feel through the bond in hopes of planting that same seed in her mind. Soh's sincerity is promising if nothing else that things can be fixed, but Harper knows with so many hands and hearts involved, he can't assure any outcomes. All he can impart is advice.
Lingering feelings for another person or prior partner does not always constitute emotional cheating, he murmurs, sticking faithfully to impartiality. But as far as I understand you had chosen to be monogamous, and while confessing your realization was honorable - and I'm proud of you for your honesty - the timing is understandably confusing on the other end. Hurtful, too, but Harper can feel the near-endless depths of guilt in Sohalia's heart, and he doesn't want to worsen it.
If you had confessed the difficulties of still having feelings and requested patience or support and that was all, it would be understandable. But to then request to act on them - or even to imply it - does make it seem like you're having doubts, or at least a strong desire to pursue a different relationship, even if presented under the guise of polyamory. And Harper is proud of the two of them for having had that talk at all, something so mature and advanced yet integral to the boundaries of their relationship, but perhaps it had only confused Sohalia more as someone who hadn't considered anything but monogamy in her life before that. In fact, the polyamory can be seen as an excuse or disingenuous, a cover-up for the interest in other pursuits. Does that make sense? He checks in, wanting to see how her understanding of things develops as they speak so he can clarify as needed.
