Can't be possible, surely. If nothing else, the Gommage should have taken him long ago, and he doesn't look any older than Gustave himself, his features still young beneath the scar that drags over his eye and cheek. Gustave stares at him in blank astonishment, and words only don't pile up to stumble off his tongue because, for a long moment, he simply can't think of any. ]
... you look remarkably good for an old man.
[ It's a little weak; he thinks, distantly, that he might have reached the limit of strangeness that he can deal with today. But he's already managed to open his eyes again in some other world after being struck down in his own... is this really so much odder?
But Verso gives him an out, with that warm smile, and he huffs a disbelieving laugh, one hand covering the wound at his side, the other still gripping Verso's arm, giving him something to lean on, helping him keep his balance. ]
...yeah. Yeah, probably a good idea. And then I'd like to hear the story of how you've managed to survive since the Fracture, without aging at all or being taken by the Gommage.
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Can't be possible, surely. If nothing else, the Gommage should have taken him long ago, and he doesn't look any older than Gustave himself, his features still young beneath the scar that drags over his eye and cheek. Gustave stares at him in blank astonishment, and words only don't pile up to stumble off his tongue because, for a long moment, he simply can't think of any. ]
... you look remarkably good for an old man.
[ It's a little weak; he thinks, distantly, that he might have reached the limit of strangeness that he can deal with today. But he's already managed to open his eyes again in some other world after being struck down in his own... is this really so much odder?
But Verso gives him an out, with that warm smile, and he huffs a disbelieving laugh, one hand covering the wound at his side, the other still gripping Verso's arm, giving him something to lean on, helping him keep his balance. ]
...yeah. Yeah, probably a good idea. And then I'd like to hear the story of how you've managed to survive since the Fracture, without aging at all or being taken by the Gommage.