[before they take you away again? ...before you're hurt, or...
his fingers are clenched so tight in the fabric at Cain's shoulders he almost rips it, but he doesn't notice. God, does he want to believe what his brother is telling him now...]
...s... swear it. You won't... let them take you away again.
[even if they both know there's no way he can prevent it after what they had just experienced. at any time... they could be deemed deserving of an execution that would be carried out whether they liked it or not.
...but he wants to hear him say it, so he can blindly cling and pretend he knows nothing of that truth.]
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his fingers are clenched so tight in the fabric at Cain's shoulders he almost rips it, but he doesn't notice. God, does he want to believe what his brother is telling him now...]
...s... swear it. You won't... let them take you away again.
[even if they both know there's no way he can prevent it after what they had just experienced. at any time... they could be deemed deserving of an execution that would be carried out whether they liked it or not.
...but he wants to hear him say it, so he can blindly cling and pretend he knows nothing of that truth.]