If she was so sure that she was right, why couldn't she look Paddy in the eye?
It was an inner crisis that she, like Solomon, had never asked for. No one ever did. But more than that, she hadn't seen it coming. She'd probably followed Solomon out of the Temple due to fear. Or maybe just curiosity. Paddy was pretty sure now that she had no idea about Gabe, or Rafe. She'd leaped headlong into the deep end of a swimming pool without any idea that it wasn't the shallow end, and now she was drowning.
At least Solomon had an idea of what he was getting himself into. Saffron didn't even have that, and now she was being violently faced with everything that had been wrong for the last... however many centuries she'd lived. And she probably thought the breakdown she was having because of that was just another sign of her supposed 'weakness.'
Paddy's heart went out to her. Without waiting for her to say no, he pushed himself up, walked over, and hugged her - just as he'd hugged Solomon the first time the ex-Necromancer broke down.
"Maybe there was a reason for that," he told her gently. "Maybe it all led you to this. Right here, right now. A chance to do more than just whatever you're told, in the Temple."
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It was an inner crisis that she, like Solomon, had never asked for. No one ever did. But more than that, she hadn't seen it coming. She'd probably followed Solomon out of the Temple due to fear. Or maybe just curiosity. Paddy was pretty sure now that she had no idea about Gabe, or Rafe. She'd leaped headlong into the deep end of a swimming pool without any idea that it wasn't the shallow end, and now she was drowning.
At least Solomon had an idea of what he was getting himself into. Saffron didn't even have that, and now she was being violently faced with everything that had been wrong for the last... however many centuries she'd lived. And she probably thought the breakdown she was having because of that was just another sign of her supposed 'weakness.'
Paddy's heart went out to her. Without waiting for her to say no, he pushed himself up, walked over, and hugged her - just as he'd hugged Solomon the first time the ex-Necromancer broke down.
"Maybe there was a reason for that," he told her gently. "Maybe it all led you to this. Right here, right now. A chance to do more than just whatever you're told, in the Temple."