Definitely not as long as an hour, but he attempts to distract himself (in vain, mostly), hoping the answer would puzzle itself out in the back of his mind as he did. It's not as easy as that. He knows Hide (or at least, he thinks he does) better than anyone else, and he knows that, even if the guy let this slip for now, he would ask again later. He was, in a single word, tenacious.
It feels wrong. It feels just as wrong as when he had stirred from the floor of the cavernous tunnel, head full of haze but body whole, the taste of human blood in his mouth—a knot in his stomach. He wishes Hide would just leave this to him, to trust him with it, but.
Eventually:]
If ALISTAIR continues to supply me as they already have, I will be fine.
[It's about as much of an answer as he can expect out of him for now.]
(2/2)
Definitely not as long as an hour, but he attempts to distract himself (in vain, mostly), hoping the answer would puzzle itself out in the back of his mind as he did. It's not as easy as that. He knows Hide (or at least, he thinks he does) better than anyone else, and he knows that, even if the guy let this slip for now, he would ask again later. He was, in a single word, tenacious.
It feels wrong. It feels just as wrong as when he had stirred from the floor of the cavernous tunnel, head full of haze but body whole, the taste of human blood in his mouth—a knot in his stomach. He wishes Hide would just leave this to him, to trust him with it, but.
Eventually:]
If ALISTAIR continues to supply me as they already have, I will be fine.
[It's about as much of an answer as he can expect out of him for now.]