[He realizes, in the moment, he may have caused offense, but Celehar weathers it. He's faced disapproval more intense than this, and his own memories of the revethavar's torture are fresh. He knows all too well what horrors can be committed by a person who has escaped their end - that horror killed him.
Just the memory of the pain shivers down his spine, enough that he must tighten his jaw and ease through it, chin up and watching Yusuke's reaction.
This is nothing compared to that - hardly as bad, even, as an audience with the Emperor. No worse than any grieving family yelling him down for some secret twist of their loved one's will.]
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Just the memory of the pain shivers down his spine, enough that he must tighten his jaw and ease through it, chin up and watching Yusuke's reaction.
This is nothing compared to that - hardly as bad, even, as an audience with the Emperor. No worse than any grieving family yelling him down for some secret twist of their loved one's will.]
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