"What other need will you have for the torch?" Rory relaxed by inches, his smile no longer something he had to consciously apply. Pippa sounded so very like Tadhg as she talked about casting techniques; he enjoyed hearing her talk about her work even when he couldn't follow every detail.
He recognized another emotion welling up as he listened: a kind of bittersweet relief. All the hurt involved in their breakup had at least lead to this result, that Pippa could reclaim her art, though she had to fight her missing finger and the truculent Signore Alessandro to do it. Rory let the animation in her voice act as a balm for his loss, let the knowledge that she was starting to heal push aside more selfish considerations.
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Date: 2009-02-08 10:01 pm (UTC)He recognized another emotion welling up as he listened: a kind of bittersweet relief. All the hurt involved in their breakup had at least lead to this result, that Pippa could reclaim her art, though she had to fight her missing finger and the truculent Signore Alessandro to do it. Rory let the animation in her voice act as a balm for his loss, let the knowledge that she was starting to heal push aside more selfish considerations.