"You mean, have I learned my lesson?" he asked, softly. "Has this suffering he inflicted taught me, like operant conditioning, about the nature of consequence?"
His gaze fell and his brow furrowed.
"Perhaps."
He frowned darkly.
"But Taras- how can I promise anything like that, without knowing the future, without context?"
Lasha's eyes were pale and lambent in the renewed firelight.
"Don't misunderstand me. I'll be mindful when it comes to Liadov from now on."
He shook his head.
"I can't lose him again."
He rose from the chair abruptly, drawing his robe around him, assuaging his mental discomfort in soft cashmere.
"I refuse to lose anything that is mine," he added, almost as an afterthought, his eyes settling heavily on Oleksei.
He eased down, reclining on the bed, keeping his gaze locked on Taras, penetrating and loaded.
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Date: 2009-09-10 07:59 am (UTC)"You mean, have I learned my lesson?" he asked, softly. "Has this suffering he inflicted taught me, like operant conditioning, about the nature of consequence?"
His gaze fell and his brow furrowed.
"Perhaps."
He frowned darkly.
"But Taras- how can I promise anything like that, without knowing the future, without context?"
Lasha's eyes were pale and lambent in the renewed firelight.
"Don't misunderstand me. I'll be mindful when it comes to Liadov from now on."
He shook his head.
"I can't lose him again."
He rose from the chair abruptly, drawing his robe around him, assuaging his mental discomfort in soft cashmere.
"I refuse to lose anything that is mine," he added, almost as an afterthought, his eyes settling heavily on Oleksei.
He eased down, reclining on the bed, keeping his gaze locked on Taras, penetrating and loaded.