"I would have followed had I not been injured enough to slow the search," Fou-Lu says lightly. And then his magic does go out, the light fading, the cold slipping away to only the background air of chill that always follows him. "...'Tis the end of what I can maintain, I fear."
"Nay, at the camp." He doesn't want Jake blamed for anything he didn't earn. "He saw me as far as the central tent where the others were. 'Twas my own fault that the second blow came. I was close by, checking snares, and I underestimated the danger." He brought this on himself.
Fou-Lu is in the awkward position of having them both complain at him about the other. He defended Trouble to Jake more strongly than he plans to defend Jake to Trouble, but he does give the man his due. "No doubt he'd have found some quest regardless, but he did worry for thee."
Fou-Lu turns his head a little to nuzzle into their hair, after taking a moment to make sure he won't get near any unsuspected bumps. "Thou hast a ready excuse in thy recuperation. With luck, I may be the only one so rude as to disturb thy repose."
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Date: 2021-07-20 06:43 pm (UTC)Trouble rolls their eyes.
"Ugh. Idiot. I would have thought that he'd have gotten the hint when I left him to his own devices in the first place. Why didn't he stay with you?"
The question isn't why Fou-lu didn't stay with him. Jake's meant to be the responsible one.
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Date: 2021-07-20 06:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-20 06:55 pm (UTC)"It's alright, darling, I didn't ask you here for the fringe benefits."
It's said quickly, that whole matter dismissed in favour of:
"You were injured and he left you alone in that wilderness? I'm going to - I don't know. He won't enjoy it."
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Date: 2021-07-20 07:00 pm (UTC)"Nay, at the camp." He doesn't want Jake blamed for anything he didn't earn. "He saw me as far as the central tent where the others were. 'Twas my own fault that the second blow came. I was close by, checking snares, and I underestimated the danger." He brought this on himself.
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Date: 2021-07-20 07:19 pm (UTC)"I'm still annoyed at him," they decide. "He found somewhere safe and then just decided to go swanning off on some heroic quest regardless."
They're not preemptively worried that he was hurt or killed and that it'll feel like their fault! Not at all!
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Date: 2021-07-20 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-07-20 07:33 pm (UTC)Trouble sighs deeply - which hurts - and then deflates.
"You're right. I'll just avoid him until he comes looking for me."
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Date: 2021-07-20 07:38 pm (UTC)