[ her words sink into his heart like so many stones weighing him down. The more they talk like this, the more final it seems, the closer the end draws - he feels it pulling at him already. He doesn't want her to go. That thought cuts through him with sudden clarity, overpowering the regret, the anger, the self-loathing. For once, he has a selfish thought. Being with her is all he has, and he doesn't want to lose it. The emotions he barely understands are swirling inside of him. Right now, he doesn't need to be the Angel of Death, and she doesn't need to be a witch's scorned daughter - they can just be Jaffar and Nino. Just a boy and a girl. With no future and no past.
He parts from her a little bit - enough to let him move - and hesitates, looking at her simply, face drawn in resignation, melancholy, determination, a mix of feelings that rarely surface on him. His hand moves to his pocket; then it stops and goes to his head, instead, pulling his cowl back so that he can't hide in its shadow. Then it returns, and from his pocket, he pulls two small objects that he presses into her hand, movement a little shakey. ]
... Take this... He told me to give it to you... Nino.
[ he doesn't explain who. this isn't how he imagined it. he never imagined it at all. But Jacopo's insistence moved his stone heart enough to push him to action. They're rings. ]
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He parts from her a little bit - enough to let him move - and hesitates, looking at her simply, face drawn in resignation, melancholy, determination, a mix of feelings that rarely surface on him. His hand moves to his pocket; then it stops and goes to his head, instead, pulling his cowl back so that he can't hide in its shadow. Then it returns, and from his pocket, he pulls two small objects that he presses into her hand, movement a little shakey. ]
... Take this... He told me to give it to you... Nino.
[ he doesn't explain who. this isn't how he imagined it. he never imagined it at all. But Jacopo's insistence moved his stone heart enough to push him to action. They're rings. ]