[Early in the morning, after the dust has (literally) settled and John has managed to clean himself up at least somewhat. He does not know whether Claire has seen Willeโs announcement but he figures that he owes her his own message directly before he even attempts to think of sleeping, especially given how worried she had been for him previously.
But if she had been so concerned then, what can he possibly say to put her mind at ease nowโฆ]
[ She knows. She knows and it is by sheer will power she hasn't sent John fifty different messages. If she'd been a reason for his distraction in a moment of needed concentration and he was hurt or worse—she'd kept her silence, stomach turning not just for Lord John, but her Jon as well.
As soon as John's message comes through she stops what she's doing, sinking down onto the nearest seat. ]
[She is not wrong. And she knows him too well, damn the woman. John shuts his eyes and takes a deep breath as he considers whether it is better to hold back the gory details or simply tell her the truth. Neither he supposed will help her feel better in the end.]
[ There is nothing remotely chill as the kids say, about her response. It's partially due to the fact that in the moment, she can't control what goes through her mind and sends, she loses track of her filter, and so a litany of things come through all at once.
John will know that in person would have been no different. ]
[He most definitely did hit his head, hard, at least once, but heโs definitely not going to tell her that and have her worrying about it when thereโs nothing she can do about it from where she is. Though he wishes he could have had his wounds tended to by her far more caring hands, if only for sentimentalityโs sake.]
[ It hardly seems worth mentioning, and she knows he likely wouldn't find out on his own, but if she's to expect his honesty, she must give the same in return. ]
[ Hopefully that keeps him from imagining the worst, she was almost never alone, with plenty of healers keeping an eye out even when she doesn't realize. ]
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early july 4; post attack
But if she had been so concerned then, what can he possibly say to put her mind at ease nowโฆ]
๐๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ช๐ท ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐พ๐ท๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ.
[He will have a few nasty bruises in a few days but considering the alternative, heโll take it.]
no subject
As soon as John's message comes through she stops what she's doing, sinking down onto the nearest seat. ]
๐ต๐ข๐ก? ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ โ๐๐๐.
no subject
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ช๐ท ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ผ, ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐พ๐ช๐ป๐ญ. ๐๐ท ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ต๐ธ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ. ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ญ๐พ๐ฝ๐. ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ช๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ธ๐ท ๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ.
no subject
John will know that in person would have been no different. ]
๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐ ๐ก, ๐ฝ๐โ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐๐ก. ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ป๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐? ๐ผ๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐? ๐ท๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐? ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐—
[ Finally she manages to wrangle control over the flow of her thoughts, leaning over with her head in her hands, taking a few deep breaths. ]
๐ผ'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ. ๐น๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ค๐. ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐๐'๐ก โ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐.
no subject
๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ ๐ช๐น๐น๐ป๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท. ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ผ ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต. ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ด ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ผ.
no subject
๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐'๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐โ๐๐๐.
[ Hopefully that keeps him from imagining the worst, she was almost never alone, with plenty of healers keeping an eye out even when she doesn't realize. ]