HARPER
I stood outside when the roof gave in
You crawled from the wreckage you were lying in
You crawled from the wreckage you were lying in
In his inebriated state, no matter how well-controlled he is even when drunk, he doesn't linger long on Sohalia's stuttered but otherwise easy acceptance of the news he has shared. "He's a good man. One of my only friends, really." Again, not an appropriate thing to say to your daughter, but Harper is too far gone to recall things like propriety and what children should and shouldn't know about their parents. Or perhaps he is simply stuffing down the voice in the back of his mind that is far too sober and scandalized by his own admissions.
Though she has no way of knowing, the question is equally tripwired, but honesty is easy with liquor in his veins. "He was Phoebe's first husband. It ended really badly. Whole thing was a mess from the start, really." He'd been present for the wedding - though understandably not past the vows - and even then he'd hoped that Phoebe would put a stop to it when he'd told her she could and that he would take care of her. "Phoebe was in love with me, but she was real young in my eyes. Things were different in my home world. So I went to Sunjata for advice and such, and we were both Safrin followers at the time." His face pinches because the wording isn't wrong, but it's certainly revealing, and even he hasn't come to terms with his feelings on Safrin these days. Particularly his dwindling faith. "Just carried on from there really. How do you know him?" There's no suspicion in his tone, aware Sohalia is too straightlaced for the House of Midnight, and that Sunjata was too far gone for Nate and Hotaru to ever consider a young girl.
Though she has no way of knowing, the question is equally tripwired, but honesty is easy with liquor in his veins. "He was Phoebe's first husband. It ended really badly. Whole thing was a mess from the start, really." He'd been present for the wedding - though understandably not past the vows - and even then he'd hoped that Phoebe would put a stop to it when he'd told her she could and that he would take care of her. "Phoebe was in love with me, but she was real young in my eyes. Things were different in my home world. So I went to Sunjata for advice and such, and we were both Safrin followers at the time." His face pinches because the wording isn't wrong, but it's certainly revealing, and even he hasn't come to terms with his feelings on Safrin these days. Particularly his dwindling faith. "Just carried on from there really. How do you know him?" There's no suspicion in his tone, aware Sohalia is too straightlaced for the House of Midnight, and that Sunjata was too far gone for Nate and Hotaru to ever consider a young girl.
You're out of reach and we're out of time, I take it all and toe that line
You held my hand and pulled me down with you
You held my hand and pulled me down with you
