What is he to say? What kindness can he offer? He is more ill suited for the matter of ease than his own brother (and Basch was nearly just as stoic in mercy given or outstretched hand)— he hardly means for his voice to bear a cutting edge, but it's there all the same: lingering in his tone like a command, though he knows she's hardly one to tolerate it.
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What is he to say? What kindness can he offer? He is more ill suited for the matter of ease than his own brother (and Basch was nearly just as stoic in mercy given or outstretched hand)— he hardly means for his voice to bear a cutting edge, but it's there all the same: lingering in his tone like a command, though he knows she's hardly one to tolerate it.