The objection wasn't unexpected. Actually, it was very expected, given the kind of relationship Bliss and China had had. The thing was that Solomon quite clearly remembered Bliss charging into battle in a rage at Murder Rose trying to kill his sister. The thing was that Solomon could see China's soul.
A hole in the centre, still unknit. Waiting for something replace it, without knowing what. Without shifting his gaze from China, he lifted his hands off Fletcher and Tanith's shoulders. "Tanith, Fletcher, if you'll give us a moment, please?"
Solomon waited patiently until they were gone, not looking at either of them as they left. Then he smiled and held out his hand toward China, his unfocussed eyes staring ahead, past and through the woman at once. "If you'd be so kind as to show me to a chair, China? I'm rather blind at the moment. And likely to remain so, frankly."
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A hole in the centre, still unknit. Waiting for something replace it, without knowing what. Without shifting his gaze from China, he lifted his hands off Fletcher and Tanith's shoulders. "Tanith, Fletcher, if you'll give us a moment, please?"
Solomon waited patiently until they were gone, not looking at either of them as they left. Then he smiled and held out his hand toward China, his unfocussed eyes staring ahead, past and through the woman at once. "If you'd be so kind as to show me to a chair, China? I'm rather blind at the moment. And likely to remain so, frankly."