Was it worse, or was it just that he wasn't pushing it down as well as he had been? Wasn't pretending as well anymore? Either way, she... wasn't wrong.
He didn't know what to say to that. Dove was in the extremely unique position of knowing without knowing. Anton had taken Valdis aside and told her everything before she'd been able to question any of it on her own. That choice had been taken out of Erskine's hands.
He didn't particularly want this one, either.
None of this was addressing Dove's unspoken question, however, or that worried look on her face. Ravel closed his eyes for a moment before speaking. "I won't chastise you for not noticing," he said, unable to muster up a smile but at least able to blunt the edge of his voice with a little kindness. "I've been hiding it for a long, long time. Most of it, anyway. It's just... I'm having trouble hiding it, now. Ever since Anton started feeling better. I'm not sure why."
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Was it worse, or was it just that he wasn't pushing it down as well as he had been? Wasn't pretending as well anymore? Either way, she... wasn't wrong.
He didn't know what to say to that. Dove was in the extremely unique position of knowing without knowing. Anton had taken Valdis aside and told her everything before she'd been able to question any of it on her own. That choice had been taken out of Erskine's hands.
He didn't particularly want this one, either.
None of this was addressing Dove's unspoken question, however, or that worried look on her face. Ravel closed his eyes for a moment before speaking. "I won't chastise you for not noticing," he said, unable to muster up a smile but at least able to blunt the edge of his voice with a little kindness. "I've been hiding it for a long, long time. Most of it, anyway. It's just... I'm having trouble hiding it, now. Ever since Anton started feeling better. I'm not sure why."