Garrot's reaction was surprising, but not entirely so. Luka had readied himself for resistance. As he feels Garrot retreat, Luka only thinks about how much worse that could have gone. It was far from the effect he had hoped to have, but if Garrot's pulling away was the alternative to him lashing out, Luka would have to accept it.
Of course they weren't safe here. They weren't safer without Garrot. He might have said it aloud if they were in any other situation, but he lets the thought perish in his mind. They hadn't really been safe since they'd come to the island. No one's been truly safe for the past forty years, he thinks.
His hand around Gyre's back curls into a fist, clenching the fabric of his shirt between his fingers.
"Gyre, did you see everything you need to see here?" He asks, his voice quiet and soft. The cavern around them felt bigger and emptier than ever. "If there's more to be found here we should find it now, so we don't have to come back again until we're ending this whole thing."
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Of course they weren't safe here. They weren't safer without Garrot. He might have said it aloud if they were in any other situation, but he lets the thought perish in his mind. They hadn't really been safe since they'd come to the island. No one's been truly safe for the past forty years, he thinks.
His hand around Gyre's back curls into a fist, clenching the fabric of his shirt between his fingers.
"Gyre, did you see everything you need to see here?" He asks, his voice quiet and soft. The cavern around them felt bigger and emptier than ever. "If there's more to be found here we should find it now, so we don't have to come back again until we're ending this whole thing."