Are you still unwilling to admit that I am not the man I was? [ Aymeric believes that to be true, and yet he still puts forward the question, wanting to hear it from Estinien in his own words. ]
I am of the opinion that perhaps Ishgard is better off with another at the helm. With that in mind, what is the use of doctors or healers? But I can also recognize that you are unwilling to be swayed in either direction.
[ That hardly makes him happy, but what can he do? When Estinien opens the door once more and beckons someone (the healer, he presumes) inside, at first, Aymeric does not even look at her. He has refused healing this long, and he is hardly warmed up to the idea.
What he sees in his peripheral vision is enough to cause something to stir inside Aymeric; it is a sensation he has not felt in many years, and he imagined he would not feel it again. A part of him wondered if he was incapable of feeling it now. But there is a nudge, and a pulling sensation, something telling him that he needs to get closer to the woman who just entered his private chambers.
Why? She isn't... she can't be. She has been gone for quite some time, and if she even returned...
The sensation grows stronger, and he feels the strong pull urging him to step closer to her. To take her hands. Look her in the eyes.
Instead... He does the opposite, mostly unwillingly, as he would never choose to cause such a scene in front of observers. The nudging and the pulling sensations very nearly cause his head to swim, perhaps because he resists them. But perhaps his sudden unsteadiness is due to a bit of shock or surprise that he has yet to fully identify the reasons for. It has something to do with the small woman in the room, but what?
Unfortunately, he has no time to think on that further as he staggers suddenly on unsteady legs, and before he can try to pull himself together, he ends up on his knees on the hard floor beneath them.
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I am of the opinion that perhaps Ishgard is better off with another at the helm. With that in mind, what is the use of doctors or healers? But I can also recognize that you are unwilling to be swayed in either direction.
[ That hardly makes him happy, but what can he do? When Estinien opens the door once more and beckons someone (the healer, he presumes) inside, at first, Aymeric does not even look at her. He has refused healing this long, and he is hardly warmed up to the idea.
What he sees in his peripheral vision is enough to cause something to stir inside Aymeric; it is a sensation he has not felt in many years, and he imagined he would not feel it again. A part of him wondered if he was incapable of feeling it now. But there is a nudge, and a pulling sensation, something telling him that he needs to get closer to the woman who just entered his private chambers.
Why? She isn't... she can't be. She has been gone for quite some time, and if she even returned...
The sensation grows stronger, and he feels the strong pull urging him to step closer to her. To take her hands. Look her in the eyes.
Instead... He does the opposite, mostly unwillingly, as he would never choose to cause such a scene in front of observers. The nudging and the pulling sensations very nearly cause his head to swim, perhaps because he resists them. But perhaps his sudden unsteadiness is due to a bit of shock or surprise that he has yet to fully identify the reasons for. It has something to do with the small woman in the room, but what?
Unfortunately, he has no time to think on that further as he staggers suddenly on unsteady legs, and before he can try to pull himself together, he ends up on his knees on the hard floor beneath them.
... So much for maintaining appearances. ]