Dain lets the coat go. There's no reason to keep it now.
The trouble here is he doesn't know what to say next. That's an old, familiar, well-worn trail -- there's so much he can't say, and so many growing friendships that ended the moment they learned who Dain was. Even if one has nothing to hide, friendship with someone in the church is a prickly proposition most would rather have nothing to do with. But Tuo... isn't most people, and the conversation won't simply end here in as polite a manner as possible.
For a moment, Dain indulges in the image of spending an evening confiding in his old friend every single surge of disquiet during his lessons, every single time someone on the Path of Light said something wrong, every time he'd had to bite his tongue, every time he'd laughed without thinking and nearly betrayed himself. But in all those years, he's never said out loud what his true intentions are, and it still feels dangerous to do that regardless of what language he's using.
The silence stretches a little past Tuo's resigned reply; then Dain smiles. "How about this? An answer for an answer. I'll tell you more about why, if you tell me what made you leave Griston so suddenly."
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The trouble here is he doesn't know what to say next. That's an old, familiar, well-worn trail -- there's so much he can't say, and so many growing friendships that ended the moment they learned who Dain was. Even if one has nothing to hide, friendship with someone in the church is a prickly proposition most would rather have nothing to do with. But Tuo... isn't most people, and the conversation won't simply end here in as polite a manner as possible.
For a moment, Dain indulges in the image of spending an evening confiding in his old friend every single surge of disquiet during his lessons, every single time someone on the Path of Light said something wrong, every time he'd had to bite his tongue, every time he'd laughed without thinking and nearly betrayed himself. But in all those years, he's never said out loud what his true intentions are, and it still feels dangerous to do that regardless of what language he's using.
The silence stretches a little past Tuo's resigned reply; then Dain smiles. "How about this? An answer for an answer. I'll tell you more about why, if you tell me what made you leave Griston so suddenly."