[ The sentiment leaps off the screen, simple yet effective. Easy to read. There's no hidden meaning here, no ulterior motive. They're not disguised in references he doesn't understand or brushed aside. It's clear. Simple. And completely effective on him. It's why he agreed to his request. Why he finds himself yielding without complaint. ]
The sentiment is appreciated, Jack. But, I didn't stay long.
[ Long enough to have a meal and maybe a drink. Nothing more. He was too much of a soldier to lay idle for long. ]
My grace is returning if that's what you mean. I can hear prayers again, but nothing else.
[ And prayers, for now, is enough. It filled the silence of his world that once played the song of the cosmos in the background where now there is only silence. ]
... they need to burn down the kitchen one day :|
The sentiment is appreciated, Jack. But, I didn't stay long.
[ Long enough to have a meal and maybe a drink. Nothing more. He was too much of a soldier to lay idle for long. ]
My grace is returning if that's what you mean. I can hear prayers again, but nothing else.
[ And prayers, for now, is enough. It filled the silence of his world that once played the song of the cosmos in the background where now there is only silence. ]