[There's no malice in that. To Hubert, it was simply fact, and even without the factor of Bonds themselves, no one could compare to Edelgard. Or Petra, for that matter, even if this was not the Petra he'd known for years.]
[He sighs.] I am... satisfied if you are.
[Satisfied was too strong a word, but the semantics mattered little. There were no immediately, glaring red flags, and if a Bond did alleviate his affliction... there wasn't much of a choice, from his perspective.]
[The connection lacked the feverish intimacy and vulnerability that dominated his Bond with Lapis, compounded by her strange manner with people and her obsessive way of protecting what she deemed 'hers'. Yet, it also lacked the dubious consent and the sheer level of frustration that had dominated his Bond with Sylvain.
It was simply business with someone who was upfront about the sort of person that they were.
That alone was Enough.]
I'm quite satisfied, Hubert. You are... like a breath of fresh air.
[He knew that storms lurked within Hubert, just as they did within himself... but it was nothing unforseen.
For the first time in a long time, there was no undercurrent of something only nature could control lingering in the background.
[No, they weren't unforeseen. The exact intensity of those storms might be guesswork, but the past year in this odd land had done well to expose the both of them to each other's turmoil.]
[The Bond would only make it closer from here on out than either of them liked. But it was no less necessary for it, and if Lorenz consented to harbor Hubert's current emotional suffering in the back of his head, that was enough.]
Not a phrase that's ever been applied to me. [He shook his head, standing.] I will see you at the Coven, then?
[There was nothing unexpected here. Hubert was nothing if not himself, and for a person who had lived in a world steeped with deceit, that alone was a privilege to experience.]
Indeed, I'll be meeting you at the Coven. This should certainly be a good partnership for the both of us.
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[There's no malice in that. To Hubert, it was simply fact, and even without the factor of Bonds themselves, no one could compare to Edelgard. Or Petra, for that matter, even if this was not the Petra he'd known for years.]
[He sighs.] I am... satisfied if you are.
[Satisfied was too strong a word, but the semantics mattered little. There were no immediately, glaring red flags, and if a Bond did alleviate his affliction... there wasn't much of a choice, from his perspective.]
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It was simply business with someone who was upfront about the sort of person that they were.
That alone was Enough.]
I'm quite satisfied, Hubert. You are... like a breath of fresh air.
[He knew that storms lurked within Hubert, just as they did within himself... but it was nothing unforseen.
For the first time in a long time, there was no undercurrent of something only nature could control lingering in the background.
This would certainly be enough.]
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[The Bond would only make it closer from here on out than either of them liked. But it was no less necessary for it, and if Lorenz consented to harbor Hubert's current emotional suffering in the back of his head, that was enough.]
Not a phrase that's ever been applied to me. [He shook his head, standing.] I will see you at the Coven, then?
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[There was nothing unexpected here. Hubert was nothing if not himself, and for a person who had lived in a world steeped with deceit, that alone was a privilege to experience.]
Indeed, I'll be meeting you at the Coven. This should certainly be a good partnership for the both of us.