[He can tell it's Rem behind the door. Her spiritual presence was too familiar too comfortable at this point for him not to recognize her.
He didn't want to speak with her. Not after the events of the day before. The sea of his heart was still too warm. The cracks in the ice flows growing. And his heart in his chest felt like it was flayed open. Raw. Tender.
But he was still the Captain. And there was a chance - a small chance - that what she was coming to him for was not related to what had happened.
Steeling himself behind a face of empty emotion that was more difficult to effect than it should be, he called out:]
no subject
too comfortableat this point for him not to recognize her.He didn't want to speak with her. Not after the events of the day before. The sea of his heart was still too warm. The cracks in the ice flows growing. And his heart in his chest felt like it was flayed open. Raw. Tender.
But he was still the Captain. And there was a chance - a small chance - that what she was coming to him for was not related to what had happened.
Steeling himself behind a face of empty emotion that was more difficult to effect than it should be, he called out:]
Enter.