[Another chuckle, almost... something. Perhaps melancholy and tired. And Chiron opens his mouth as if to say something, a hand half-hovered in the air in Emet's direction.
But he drops it and instead settles into place himself]
In the morning, I will make you a tea for your throat -- enough that it should suppress the coughing. Tell the others I have been giving it to you for the last two days if necessary.
You may insist upon it, if it pleases you, with the understanding that I will not promise to be in a receptive enough mood.
[it all depends on what it is he meant to say, of course. there are things he would still readily discuss if this all goes wrong, and there are things that would anger him to hear.
but he likes chiron enough to give him fair warning of that.]
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I fear there will be no rest for me.
[not when he knows the stakes, and will spend every hour he can looking for a solution.]
... You will -- stay for a while?
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[he knows perfectly well that this could be the last night they both get to spend free, after all. if he's caught...
well. not thinking about that, for now.]
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But he drops it and instead settles into place himself]
In the morning, I will make you a tea for your throat -- enough that it should suppress the coughing. Tell the others I have been giving it to you for the last two days if necessary.
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[but he doesn't miss that abandoned gesture or the way chiron almost speaks, pausing a moment before:]
If there is aught you would say, then speak your mind, Archer.
[especially now.]
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Of course he did.
Chiron's answer is mild]
I would... answer you after the trial, come what may.
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[it all depends on what it is he meant to say, of course. there are things he would still readily discuss if this all goes wrong, and there are things that would anger him to hear.
but he likes chiron enough to give him fair warning of that.]
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[This is a serious discussion about one of them potentially dying but Chiron has the nerve to laugh in a goodnatured fashion]
Should you not want to hear me, I will graciously keep my mouth shut.