[Edelgard's eyes open as he ducks his head--he's promising this to her. He's giving her his word that he won't speak of this to anyone. His word could be about as meaningless as hot air, and yet...
There's a pause, before Edelgard presents her hand to him.]
...Thank you. Try to be quick about this.
[It's not quite an order, but it carries all of the tone of authority that implies it.
Of course, Lorenz is going to see the scar from the fire on her hand, but he'll see plenty of other scars as well. One might be able to excuse a certain amount of them as injuries from battle, but Edelgard's scars are far too numerous to imply that. Moreover, they're all too precise; as if someone intentionally etched those scars into her, littering her hand with them. Her wrist, even, as it seems like there's a whole trail of scars that goes into her sleeve...
And well, it certainly doesn't imply that they stop there. Of course, there's still a black smudge that Lorenz can't read on her wrist as well, almost above the scarring that could very well have hidden them.
Edelgard eyes are closed while he works, however; she hasn't read whatever is on her wrist in years, and she doesn't intend to now. If Lorenz winds up speaking those words, it'll be of his own volition and nothing more.]
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There's a pause, before Edelgard presents her hand to him.]
...Thank you. Try to be quick about this.
[It's not quite an order, but it carries all of the tone of authority that implies it.
Of course, Lorenz is going to see the scar from the fire on her hand, but he'll see plenty of other scars as well. One might be able to excuse a certain amount of them as injuries from battle, but Edelgard's scars are far too numerous to imply that. Moreover, they're all too precise; as if someone intentionally etched those scars into her, littering her hand with them. Her wrist, even, as it seems like there's a whole trail of scars that goes into her sleeve...
And well, it certainly doesn't imply that they stop there. Of course, there's still a black smudge that Lorenz can't read on her wrist as well, almost above the scarring that could very well have hidden them.
Edelgard eyes are closed while he works, however; she hasn't read whatever is on her wrist in years, and she doesn't intend to now. If Lorenz winds up speaking those words, it'll be of his own volition and nothing more.]