[Tarrlok is silent for a truly concerning amount of time after that request as he works out how to respond. He has multiple reasons to push Colress away-he hasn’t really changed, he’ll stab you in the back at the first opportunity, and even if he truly has changed by some miracle, do you deserve someone like that? Maybe you’ll just drag him back down with you.
Even so, he... finally manages to answer.]
...if you would like that, then I won’t turn you away.
[He feels the guilt closing in on his chest like a vice, because he shouldn’t indulge his wants at this point. That never got him anywhere worth speaking of. But, even so...]
no subject
Even so, he... finally manages to answer.]
...if you would like that, then I won’t turn you away.
[He feels the guilt closing in on his chest like a vice, because he shouldn’t indulge his wants at this point. That never got him anywhere worth speaking of. But, even so...]