It seemed that she had done it right after all, for Erskine seemed to relax for a brief moment. But his inner anxiety, fear and sorrow did not dissipate as she wished it would. She knew it wouldn't be so easy to soothe the emotions, but she had hoped that it would at least lessen them somewhat.
"I know," she replied, continuing to hold him, tempted to squeeze tighter when she felt his breath catch, but instead kept her embrace gentle. There had been a time when she would have scoffed at such gentleness, at sympathy, and she wasn't certain when that had changed.
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It seemed that she had done it right after all, for Erskine seemed to relax for a brief moment. But his inner anxiety, fear and sorrow did not dissipate as she wished it would. She knew it wouldn't be so easy to soothe the emotions, but she had hoped that it would at least lessen them somewhat.
"I know," she replied, continuing to hold him, tempted to squeeze tighter when she felt his breath catch, but instead kept her embrace gentle. There had been a time when she would have scoffed at such gentleness, at sympathy, and she wasn't certain when that had changed.