[Riza waits patiently through the length of the silence, anticipating some heavy question to arrive at the end of it. She's not disappointed, though she is surprised by the request, lips thinning as she follows up the first pause with one of her own.
She's seen children fight, heart aching even though she'd understood the necessity of the situation. She'd given Edward a gun without any prompting less than a few months ago. This is hardly a request she can deny simply on principle.
There's a question that she needs to counter with first, before she agrees to anything.]
What would you do with that knowledge?
[Voice carefully neutral, all judgment suspended for the time being.]
no subject
She's seen children fight, heart aching even though she'd understood the necessity of the situation. She'd given Edward a gun without any prompting less than a few months ago. This is hardly a request she can deny simply on principle.
There's a question that she needs to counter with first, before she agrees to anything.]
What would you do with that knowledge?
[Voice carefully neutral, all judgment suspended for the time being.]