[Carlisle's eyes dart to Kate as she moves closer; he flinches as she touches his arm. It's not just Kate, as she likely knows from the layers of his outfit, his general demeanor, and his condition -- that's his natural reaction to contact from basically anyone who isn't his partner. Still, it's a sign of relative trust that he actually lets her wipe at the ink trailing down his cheek. Whatever it is that afflicts him, curse or otherwise, it has most certainly advanced from when they first met. How much further it will progress before it consumes him is yet to be seen.
Though he feels more desperation than aspirations these days, Carlisle cannot bar Kate from trying, from wanting to keep what shreds of hope she has managed to accrue intact. Who is he to deny her that chance? He couldn't call himself a friend, that's for certain... even if he believes the effort to be a futile one, particularly when on the shoulders of others. They say the twice-cursed are damned, and that any who would associate with them are equally damned with the misfortune they bring. Glacius insists the figurative they are wrong, but...
Carlisle pushes a breath out of him. He wants to believe it; he wants to believe Kate, as well. He just finds it difficult to do so. He is, as always, his own worst enemy.]
And what something would you do here, Kate? What different would you do, if given the opportunity?
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Though he feels more desperation than aspirations these days, Carlisle cannot bar Kate from trying, from wanting to keep what shreds of hope she has managed to accrue intact. Who is he to deny her that chance? He couldn't call himself a friend, that's for certain... even if he believes the effort to be a futile one, particularly when on the shoulders of others. They say the twice-cursed are damned, and that any who would associate with them are equally damned with the misfortune they bring. Glacius insists the figurative they are wrong, but...
Carlisle pushes a breath out of him. He wants to believe it; he wants to believe Kate, as well. He just finds it difficult to do so. He is, as always, his own worst enemy.]
And what something would you do here, Kate? What different would you do, if given the opportunity?