[SE] Those We Lost

GIDEON

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true

"I could." Gideon agreed, but as he'd thought earlier, he added: "I just don't know if I want to. Maybe it's best not to know." Choosing uncertainty over knowledge did not come naturally to him, but in this one case, he wasn't ready for an uncomfortable truth.

He took the lantern from Luciana, at first not quite understanding what he was looking at and turning it left and right; at her explanation though his hands still and his eyes widened, Gideon genuinely impressed by the personal and thoughtful addition. "Thank you. That's very clever." He'd have to be sure his accompanying panels were actually decent now, which would be a challenge, but perhaps that would do him good.

"Oh. I didn't know I'd be making the whole thing here." He laughed, but took the paper and paint obediently, pausing with it in his hand as he considered how to start. "You're always prepared, aren't you?"

That's why I hold with all I have
That's why I hold