[Slevin shocks himself with an honest answer, and it shows for a flash of a second before he straightens up slightly, hides it away again, but it's there. Cassel already knows more than he should, knows Slevin doesn't have anyone waiting for him back home, knows he hasn't had anyone for years outside of Goodkat.
He thinks of Saul, who played with him in the dirt when they were kids, who looked him in the eye and didn't know him; who took the money of the men who killed his parents. Who would have, were reported to have, killed him. He never knew if Saul knew. He never asked. He never will.
no subject
[Slevin shocks himself with an honest answer, and it shows for a flash of a second before he straightens up slightly, hides it away again, but it's there. Cassel already knows more than he should, knows Slevin doesn't have anyone waiting for him back home, knows he hasn't had anyone for years outside of Goodkat.
He thinks of Saul, who played with him in the dirt when they were kids, who looked him in the eye and didn't know him; who took the money of the men who killed his parents. Who would have, were reported to have, killed him. He never knew if Saul knew. He never asked. He never will.
He shakes his head.] No. I guess not.
So what now?