( he catches it with a flick of his wrist, an' then turns it over in his palm. it ain't no currency he's ever seen before, an' he stows his roman coin to inspect this new one. mountains on one side, an' a set of scales on the other. the weight of it — bronze, maybe? his intention hadn't been to make an exchange, but maybe that speaks to the nature of nate's character, too. it's not about debt, it's. consideration. that interplay that crops up between those that stand on equal footin' to one another in hard times.
he thumbs at the scales printed into one side of the coin, then he tosses it lightly, catches it an' closes his fingers over it.
he's touched to speechlessness on two fronts. both that nate thought to give him somethin', an' to the fact that the man didn't so much as bat an eye at his declaration. even reggie was skeptical at first, his acceptance an' understandin' only comin' days later. as with kyna an' wash, this is a gift. he's carried the weight of this secret the whole of his life, an' havin' it lifted off his shoulders with no ill followin' the tellin'. lord, it's liberating in a way.
it takes him a moment to find his voice again, but when he does he says in a light jest, )
Well, the Ferryman'd have to fight me for this one.
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he thumbs at the scales printed into one side of the coin, then he tosses it lightly, catches it an' closes his fingers over it.
he's touched to speechlessness on two fronts. both that nate thought to give him somethin', an' to the fact that the man didn't so much as bat an eye at his declaration. even reggie was skeptical at first, his acceptance an' understandin' only comin' days later. as with kyna an' wash, this is a gift. he's carried the weight of this secret the whole of his life, an' havin' it lifted off his shoulders with no ill followin' the tellin'. lord, it's liberating in a way.
it takes him a moment to find his voice again, but when he does he says in a light jest, )
Well, the Ferryman'd have to fight me for this one.