[ It is a sentiment he can fully understand. At least Lucanis had the work to fall back on, the familiar routines. Tony has none of that, building this new life from scratch and only now realizing how little he truly understood of this world.
There is a pause between them, not overly long but present, before he reaches across the space of the boat and gently rests a hand on Tony's shoulder. Only that, nothing more. ]
...there will be no easy answers.
[ It is not a kind truth, necessarily, nor a brutal one. The truth simply is, and he sees disguising it as far more cruel, in the end. ]
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There is a pause between them, not overly long but present, before he reaches across the space of the boat and gently rests a hand on Tony's shoulder. Only that, nothing more. ]
...there will be no easy answers.
[ It is not a kind truth, necessarily, nor a brutal one. The truth simply is, and he sees disguising it as far more cruel, in the end. ]
But you do not need to seek them alone.