[Well. That's a sentence Horatio Hornblower hadn't known he had needed to hear.
Everything, from his earliest memory to the moment he had fallen asleep after the first day in the Arena, has been survival. And that, apparently, is what's been missing from this last week in this strange place.
It hits like a punch to the gut, to the point of physically crumpling his shoulders for the few heartbeat it takes to really hear the words.
This is a good thing. This is an important thing. This is going to take a few long seconds of quiet all the same to get the air back into his lungs.]
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Everything, from his earliest memory to the moment he had fallen asleep after the first day in the Arena, has been survival. And that, apparently, is what's been missing from this last week in this strange place.
It hits like a punch to the gut, to the point of physically crumpling his shoulders for the few heartbeat it takes to really hear the words.
This is a good thing. This is an important thing. This is going to take a few long seconds of quiet all the same to get the air back into his lungs.]