[It's not a reprimand. It's barely a word. But it is a disagreement, because he won't let Abbacchio throw himself away for something so minor and pointless.]
I'm done. They said there'd be at least a week before they needed anything, if they did.
[So for at least a week, they'll live in this hotel. They'll stay just long enough to get into a household routine and then they'll be uprooted again, and there's nothing he can do about it, but still Bruno feels a bitter sting. There's always going to be a part of his soul that wants to do better for Narancia (and Fugo and Mista, yes, but Narancia especially), and there's always going to be that disappointment when he realizes once again he can't.]
I'm all right.
[That, added belatedly as he realizes Abbacchio's fingers are tracing over a bruise.]
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[It's not a reprimand. It's barely a word. But it is a disagreement, because he won't let Abbacchio throw himself away for something so minor and pointless.]
I'm done. They said there'd be at least a week before they needed anything, if they did.
[So for at least a week, they'll live in this hotel. They'll stay just long enough to get into a household routine and then they'll be uprooted again, and there's nothing he can do about it, but still Bruno feels a bitter sting. There's always going to be a part of his soul that wants to do better for Narancia (and Fugo and Mista, yes, but Narancia especially), and there's always going to be that disappointment when he realizes once again he can't.]
I'm all right.
[That, added belatedly as he realizes Abbacchio's fingers are tracing over a bruise.]