He didn’t think he was sorry for her, that she may not have anyone on the cards – she did not sound altogether sorry about it. But his smile might have softened, just a fraction, all the same, to think of her steadily alone.
But she didn’t seem walled up against it, had said she was not against someone trying – Elias surveyed her a little more thoughtfully now, sure he could see something of himself mirrored there. “Oh, independence,” he said, tone still airy and joking – but his expression made it clear he knew that notion well. It was something he had always fallen back on, too, the consciousness that at least he was in control of his own life, and happy alone. Even when things had been miserable, after – Elias had retained his freedom, his passion and his work. Independence was too valuable a thing to lose lightly. He had never been sure he would give it up.
But then along had come Daff, to throw caution to the wind in his life as it had settled around him. “I imagine someone will be up to the challenge,” he only said lightly. A rare man, maybe; but there were good people out there, and to know Eva was to admire her.
But she didn’t seem walled up against it, had said she was not against someone trying – Elias surveyed her a little more thoughtfully now, sure he could see something of himself mirrored there. “Oh, independence,” he said, tone still airy and joking – but his expression made it clear he knew that notion well. It was something he had always fallen back on, too, the consciousness that at least he was in control of his own life, and happy alone. Even when things had been miserable, after – Elias had retained his freedom, his passion and his work. Independence was too valuable a thing to lose lightly. He had never been sure he would give it up.
But then along had come Daff, to throw caution to the wind in his life as it had settled around him. “I imagine someone will be up to the challenge,” he only said lightly. A rare man, maybe; but there were good people out there, and to know Eva was to admire her.
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3