It's a separate sentiment from it's good you're alive. Separate from simply relief, this apology. Not exclusive from it, only angled differently, speaking to the thought that what happened at all had a cost, even if the worst was avoided. Marcus diverts his focus back up to her face, studying it in a sort of absorbing silence.
Then, he peels back his sleeve, its tearing making the task easy enough, and works at the bandaging as well, letting soiled cloth fall to the ground. It's a shallow but messy wound, cleaned of dirt but not of the blood allowed to dry dark on his skin. He offers out the arm then, with a nod to permit her to see to it.
It's during that he says, "Thank you for coming."
Not simply for seeing him safe, but for bringing Julius, for putting Riftwatch's relationship with the Chantry into tension, for taking Tsenka at her word, for all of it. Even for managing the Seeker.
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Then, he peels back his sleeve, its tearing making the task easy enough, and works at the bandaging as well, letting soiled cloth fall to the ground. It's a shallow but messy wound, cleaned of dirt but not of the blood allowed to dry dark on his skin. He offers out the arm then, with a nod to permit her to see to it.
It's during that he says, "Thank you for coming."
Not simply for seeing him safe, but for bringing Julius, for putting Riftwatch's relationship with the Chantry into tension, for taking Tsenka at her word, for all of it. Even for managing the Seeker.