[It's certainly a more potentially fraught sentiment than she would have thought, knowing that, but... it doesn't really change anything.]
No, I don't think it's strange. [If anything, this is not exactly the first time someone may have seen her in such a way. Though even if he saw something of his sister, of her mother, in her, Alec certainly reacted entirely differently about it.] I can't exactly relate, I've never been very close with my brothers and you're not much like either of them, but...
[She reaches out to take his hand, squeeze it gently in hers.] ...you are my dearest friend in this place. And no one can replace you or that, either.
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[It's certainly a more potentially fraught sentiment than she would have thought, knowing that, but... it doesn't really change anything.]
No, I don't think it's strange. [If anything, this is not exactly the first time someone may have seen her in such a way. Though even if he saw something of his sister, of her mother, in her, Alec certainly reacted entirely differently about it.] I can't exactly relate, I've never been very close with my brothers and you're not much like either of them, but...
[She reaches out to take his hand, squeeze it gently in hers.] ...you are my dearest friend in this place. And no one can replace you or that, either.
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I'm glad for it.
[He leaned in and pressed a kiss to her forehead, then nodded over to the spread of food he'd set up.]
You wanna get sick on too much wine and tiny cakes?
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Absolutely.