[He remembers seeing those scars--on Cor, and to a lesser extent, on Regis. He hadn't understood the significance of them then, but now..... now, it makes his heart hurt a little, thinking of how it must have eaten at him to earn them. He raises his free hand to trail soft fingertips over the fine lines, an uncertain feather-light caress. How could one man stand to support a whole army, if it eroded them like this? He can barely even fathom the toll it must have taken--will take?--on Reggie. But if he's capable of something like that, then.....]
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[He remembers seeing those scars--on Cor, and to a lesser extent, on Regis. He hadn't understood the significance of them then, but now..... now, it makes his heart hurt a little, thinking of how it must have eaten at him to earn them. He raises his free hand to trail soft fingertips over the fine lines, an uncertain feather-light caress. How could one man stand to support a whole army, if it eroded them like this? He can barely even fathom the toll it must have taken--will take?--on Reggie. But if he's capable of something like that, then.....]
If you're sure.....