All of the explanations and arguments he's ready to make - about how there's no better time to make peace than now, about why he's going to do it this way - are completely useless against her. Because Ingrid, in her typically Ingrid way, has seen what's going on in Sylvain's heart better than he himself does, and has cut right past what he wants to talk about to zero in on what needs to be talked about.
A beat, while he fumbles for an answer. ]
I haven't told him I'm going yet, if that's what you're asking. Not a lot of point in worrying about it while we were still fighting a war.
[ (Except apparently he's managed to worry about it himself, even while fighting a war, considering that he's this far into his planning already. Sssshh.) ]
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All of the explanations and arguments he's ready to make - about how there's no better time to make peace than now, about why he's going to do it this way - are completely useless against her. Because Ingrid, in her typically Ingrid way, has seen what's going on in Sylvain's heart better than he himself does, and has cut right past what he wants to talk about to zero in on what needs to be talked about.
A beat, while he fumbles for an answer. ]
I haven't told him I'm going yet, if that's what you're asking. Not a lot of point in worrying about it while we were still fighting a war.
[ (Except apparently he's managed to worry about it himself, even while fighting a war, considering that he's this far into his planning already. Sssshh.) ]