[ This is him freezing -- much to his internal chagrin -- in the middle of a second sip from that cup when you ask the question.
Setting the mug down now. Offering a quiet nod. ]
We had a-- [ here is a telling pause as he tries to draw up the right word for it ] --conversation on the subject.
[ Here's the sight of him slouching some; a breath expelled thinly between his lips as he looks down at his drink.
It doesn't rest easy on his shoulders, this whole 'King' business. He's been a soldier all his life, from a family who has served since the first World War. He has been a captain of a squad and making hard calls is not something new to him. But to have people look to him -- to view him as something more than another soldier right alongside the rest of them? That's something he never wanted for himself. ]
no subject
Setting the mug down now. Offering a quiet nod. ]
We had a-- [ here is a telling pause as he tries to draw up the right word for it ] --conversation on the subject.
[ Here's the sight of him slouching some; a breath expelled thinly between his lips as he looks down at his drink.
It doesn't rest easy on his shoulders, this whole 'King' business. He's been a soldier all his life, from a family who has served since the first World War. He has been a captain of a squad and making hard calls is not something new to him. But to have people look to him -- to view him as something more than another soldier right alongside the rest of them? That's something he never wanted for himself. ]