[He's quiet for a long, long couple of seconds. Probably by now, Cobalt knows what this kind of thing means, though future Thorn does it much less than he used to]
[He ducks his head to the side, though - picks up his burger, finally, and takes a bite to avoid answering]
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I had enough at the time that I should have known better.
I knew how much I regretted not telling you how I felt about you before Insomnia fell.
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Even back then?
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I was head over heels for you while we were still in military school.
When you came over for solstice... and when you got deployed... all that time I was hiding it from you because I was scared.
And then, suddenly, it was too late.
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...I guess not so late, after all.
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Miraculously.
You think I would have learned, though, about wasting time. But even then, there was still a lot I couldn't find the courage to say.
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Lumen...
...At your point in the timeline, I'd already known for a long time that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
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[oh]
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[just. outing your past self. as you do.]
See what I mean? Terrible.
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[His voice does something kind of odd, catches on the syllable]
Do you mean that?
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[seriously]
I meant every word.
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[softening, expression a little warmer.]
Yes. It is.
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[He ducks his head to the side, though - picks up his burger, finally, and takes a bite to avoid answering]
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It tastes just as good as he remembers.]
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