[the idea that Qri just saw him as one more indistinguishable member of the coven -- one more person, or at least a body no different than the rest -- is a bit more comforting than the idea that she saw him as a useful tool from the beginning. Geir doesn't grudge Vern calling him as a tool to perform a specific function. at the time Vern called him, that's what he was. but now that he's trying to learn to be more than that, he's uneasy about anyone else doing it. even if he didn't mind (and he does mind), that's Vern's right alone, now.]
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relief?]
Oh...
[the idea that Qri just saw him as one more indistinguishable member of the coven -- one more person, or at least a body no different than the rest -- is a bit more comforting than the idea that she saw him as a useful tool from the beginning. Geir doesn't grudge Vern calling him as a tool to perform a specific function. at the time Vern called him, that's what he was. but now that he's trying to learn to be more than that, he's uneasy about anyone else doing it. even if he didn't mind (and he does mind), that's Vern's right alone, now.]
That makes me feel a little better.