onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)
Galahad son of Lancelot ([personal profile] onthewillowsthere) wrote in [personal profile] quote_gentle_unquote 2025-06-03 11:01 am (UTC)

"Thank you." He's quiet for a moment before he takes a slow breath. The one produces the two. The two produces the three. The choking sense of overwhelm, rising in his nose and mouth like water, recedes.

"Sometimes," Galahad says, "when I'm overwhelmed, I can't speak aloud. Magnus taught me to sign so I would not be speechless."

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