[ It's impossible not to think of Matthew in that moment. Sometimes Carver thinks it would've been easier if he'd had someone to blame. A stranger he could hunt down and sunder apart with his bare hands. Maybe then the grief would've been easier to take instead of settling in his soul like poison.
He breathes past it. He doesn't say any of that. Just watches Shadowheart, eyes narrowed slightly. ]
Good.
[ This is meant genuinely. His voice softens ever so briefly. ]
cw: death of a child
[ It's impossible not to think of Matthew in that moment. Sometimes Carver thinks it would've been easier if he'd had someone to blame. A stranger he could hunt down and sunder apart with his bare hands. Maybe then the grief would've been easier to take instead of settling in his soul like poison.
He breathes past it. He doesn't say any of that. Just watches Shadowheart, eyes narrowed slightly. ]
Good.
[ This is meant genuinely. His voice softens ever so briefly. ]
This doctor, they any good with diseases?