06-09-2019, 11:20 PM
With tired sigh and an exhausted expression, Pumpkin looked up to Cullen. Mixed in with her usual fair, concern also had a foot hold on her current emotions.
"You know," Pumpkin added, a smarmy comment before continuing their true discussion, "Two terse comments and I am already too fatigued to carry on. I've lost my edge."
She smiled, weakly, through pursed lips.
"I suppose, my real point, is that I do not want you to have to waste your time, however long it may be, on the battlefield of a country you have no obligation to. Whatever may happen... I just want you to be able to live as you wish, truly, not dragged around for another cause."
"Cullen, there is no clause for fighting someone else's battles." Pumpkin offered, solemnly-- completely missing any nuance in the midst of her own concern for him.
"You know," Pumpkin added, a smarmy comment before continuing their true discussion, "Two terse comments and I am already too fatigued to carry on. I've lost my edge."
She smiled, weakly, through pursed lips.
"I suppose, my real point, is that I do not want you to have to waste your time, however long it may be, on the battlefield of a country you have no obligation to. Whatever may happen... I just want you to be able to live as you wish, truly, not dragged around for another cause."
"Cullen, there is no clause for fighting someone else's battles." Pumpkin offered, solemnly-- completely missing any nuance in the midst of her own concern for him.