Corry’s clear-eyed introspection is what saves him, isn’t it? I do think so. He's capable of mean, but his heart is fathomless. And I think that part of it's his absolute honesty in his apology and the fact he doesn't try to minimize the damage he did, or paper over it. And another part of it is-- he did the work before it fell apart. He brought the kindness and the coffee; brought his patience and did the equivalent of wrapping his coat (red arrowood plaid or not) around this friend he wanted. Which, I think, is why Scotty believes that apology without pausing to wonder at it.
(An answer, all its own. One that saves his life. And then saves it again.)
Okay, but Scotty's part is the one I did the most work on. Because the first time I wrote it, I knew some of his backstory, but not nearly as well as I did when I revised it. And so every physical beat is the same, but the narrative is different. The conversation is largely the same, but I got way deeper into his head. So-- I guess what I'm trying to say is that I appreciate you catching all those notes that refer to his past and the things we learn later in Forty-Eight. <3 It means a lot.
And Scotty jumps straight to the Lady Grey. Because that’s who he is, and because he doesn’t quite have the words for “I forgive you,” or “I love you,” but “we can fix her” is very nearly the same. Eloquently and beautifully put. And the truth. <3
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