[ Abel cannot offer Dextera the comfort he's searching for. he cannot be the actual person that Dextera wishes were truly able to hold him here beneath the sunlight. but hopefully, even if it's just for a little while--
this might be enough.
the priest only takes a small beat - just enough time to get over his initial surprise - before he winds his arms around his friend in reciprocation of the gesture; it... definitely hurts in a bittersweet way. he knows Dextera aches from a hollow, empty place inside himself that cannot be filled by others. there is only one soul capable of truly easing that pain. ]
...it's okay.
[ to hurt. to mourn, to grieve, to long for things they might not have - and truthfully, may not deserve. Abel does not presume to know Dextera as well as he wishes he might - even if he believes this boy to be too kind-hearted to have taken his sibling's life in cold blood. he also knows that it isn't always an act of hatred that brings one to take a life.
whatever it is that had driven the brothers apart, Abel cannot bring them back together - but he can be a shoulder to lean on in his twin's absence. not a replacement, but... a stand-in, even if just for a while.
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this might be enough.
the priest only takes a small beat - just enough time to get over his initial surprise - before he winds his arms around his friend in reciprocation of the gesture; it... definitely hurts in a bittersweet way. he knows Dextera aches from a hollow, empty place inside himself that cannot be filled by others. there is only one soul capable of truly easing that pain. ]
...it's okay.
[ to hurt. to mourn, to grieve, to long for things they might not have - and truthfully, may not deserve. Abel does not presume to know Dextera as well as he wishes he might - even if he believes this boy to be too kind-hearted to have taken his sibling's life in cold blood. he also knows that it isn't always an act of hatred that brings one to take a life.
whatever it is that had driven the brothers apart, Abel cannot bring them back together - but he can be a shoulder to lean on in his twin's absence. not a replacement, but... a stand-in, even if just for a while.
...just-- for a little while. ]