["You know I don't want to lose you." His mind is still foggy. Without thinking about what she did or didn't intend to say out loud, he simply responds.]
I know.
I don't either.
[Of course he doesn't, and the alcohol running through his system still beckons honesty.
[Surely she doesn't need to be reminded again of what he is. He doesn't want to go back to that conversation. Not tonight. Not their wedding night. He can allow them this peace a little longer, can't he? He says what he thinks before the universe can - he tries.]
It's a promise, Aubrey. Wherever I go. Whatever that might mean.
["Here, or home, or anywhere. My oath will endure under any circumstance."]
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I know.
I don't either.
[Of course he doesn't, and the alcohol running through his system still beckons honesty.
[Surely she doesn't need to be reminded again of what he is. He doesn't want to go back to that conversation. Not tonight. Not their wedding night. He can allow them this peace a little longer, can't he? He says what he thinks before the universe can - he tries.]
It's a promise, Aubrey. Wherever I go. Whatever that might mean.
["Here, or home, or anywhere. My oath will endure under any circumstance."]