[ Biting back the rest of her thought, she chastises herself momentarily. It won't help to go down that path, the line of thinking only borrowing trouble. ]
[John does not wish for her to worry, and yet at the same time. The Admiral is known for his naval prowess. She is not wrong to be concerned about such things.
But now is not the time for such conversation, when they are trapped as they are, with no way of acting upon such thoughts. Instead, he addresses the last piece of her note, with something of a wince.]
[He has his duty. Unfortunately he cannot promise her more than that, for better or worse.
He is a soldier. He had felt purposeless before enrolling himself in the guard, although he cannot say for certain whether finding himself in such a position now is better or worse. He certainly had not anticipated this, back then at any rate.]
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๐๐'๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐, ๐ค๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐โ๐๐๐๐. ๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐-
[ Biting back the rest of her thought, she chastises herself momentarily. It won't help to go down that path, the line of thinking only borrowing trouble. ]
๐ผ โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐.
[ She pauses, then sends another thought, knowing she needs to get back to it soon. ]
๐ผ ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข โ๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข, ๐ฝ๐โ๐.
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But now is not the time for such conversation, when they are trapped as they are, with no way of acting upon such thoughts. Instead, he addresses the last piece of her note, with something of a wince.]
๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ธ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐พ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐พ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ.
[For now, at any rate.]
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[ There's a pause, and then she can't help but somewhat ruefully send: ]
๐ผ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐โ๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ .
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[He has his duty. Unfortunately he cannot promise her more than that, for better or worse.
He is a soldier. He had felt purposeless before enrolling himself in the guard, although he cannot say for certain whether finding himself in such a position now is better or worse. He certainly had not anticipated this, back then at any rate.]
๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ช ๐ญ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ด ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐. ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต, ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ.