[ Jim can count on both hands, maybe just one, how many times he's seen Julian smile. It's such a small thing, but a good thing. Hard to think of their world holding such things. ]
I will. Soon. [ It took a few days for a much younger Jim to learn to trust Julian. The first time he actually fell asleep without being completely exhausted in his company, it was to a Persian lullaby. ]
We have to take care of Martha now.
[ Thomas's widow. The young Emperor won't brook any more horrors happening to her. ]
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I will. Soon. [ It took a few days for a much younger Jim to learn to trust Julian. The first time he actually fell asleep without being completely exhausted in his company, it was to a Persian lullaby. ]
We have to take care of Martha now.
[ Thomas's widow. The young Emperor won't brook any more horrors happening to her. ]