Finally, the terrible cold calm is breaking; finally, he can move and speak again, even if the movement is only to throw the stick away, even if the speech is an accusation. "Because without him, you would have to make a choice."
Please, part of him calls out to her. Make a choice.
Choose me.
If she marries Gisborne, Marian will be gone from him forever, and he cannot even consider the notion without feeling helpless and lost. For so long she has been there to aid him, to laugh with him as children, to walk with him when they grew older. Doesn't she remember? She was once promised to him, too.
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Finally, the terrible cold calm is breaking; finally, he can move and speak again, even if the movement is only to throw the stick away, even if the speech is an accusation. "Because without him, you would have to make a choice."
Please, part of him calls out to her. Make a choice.
Choose me.
If she marries Gisborne, Marian will be gone from him forever, and he cannot even consider the notion without feeling helpless and lost. For so long she has been there to aid him, to laugh with him as children, to walk with him when they grew older. Doesn't she remember? She was once promised to him, too.