Well, if the problem was personal, that did make things a little more complicated. He couldn’t remark on who that might be, or what Zelda could possibly owe them, but he offered her a tentative smile of encouragement, just in case she looked this way.
“Then you’ll figure it out,” he said with confidence, knowing he couldn’t say so for sure when he didn’t even know the scope of the problem... but knowing his sister well enough that he couldn’t picture her throwing in the towel until she had done all that was humanly possible. “I know you will. But -” Ari gave her a swift look here, one that said don’t be mad if I say this, “try not to kill yourself doing it. It sounds daft, but it helps if you stop to take care of yourself too.”
He knew how hard it could be, though, how guilty one could feel for stopping, even for a moment, when there was something important on the line. But was she sleeping properly? Had she even eaten tonight? (He wasn’t going to say it to her face either, but she looked like she’d been running herself ragged.)
“Then you’ll figure it out,” he said with confidence, knowing he couldn’t say so for sure when he didn’t even know the scope of the problem... but knowing his sister well enough that he couldn’t picture her throwing in the towel until she had done all that was humanly possible. “I know you will. But -” Ari gave her a swift look here, one that said don’t be mad if I say this, “try not to kill yourself doing it. It sounds daft, but it helps if you stop to take care of yourself too.”
He knew how hard it could be, though, how guilty one could feel for stopping, even for a moment, when there was something important on the line. But was she sleeping properly? Had she even eaten tonight? (He wasn’t going to say it to her face either, but she looked like she’d been running herself ragged.)
