[ Nothing is truly flawless, that's just a statement of fact to him. However minor, there is always something in everything, in everyone, but that doesn't mean one can't find perfection in them. Julia has her past, she's made her mistakes, just like everyone else. It doesn't taint his view of her, every time he learns of something new she's done. But it matters that she tries to do better, that she wants to be better. ]
This place, Fillory— I imagine that's a world of magic?
[ Since her life seems to be so closely tied to magic, it makes sense. Some kind of hidden alternate world. Maybe kind of like this one.
He's stunned again by the question, falling into silence. He has good memories, many of them recent, but they're tied to a traumatic loss that he's not yet ready to talk about. Wanda's the only one who even knows about some of it, and even she doesn't know all the details. So, he reaches for a memory that's far more distant, something safer to share, even if the pain still lives in his mind. ]
Hanukkah with my parents. Eating the sufganiyot my father prepared, my mother lighting the candles. That's a memory I thought lost for a very long time.
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This place, Fillory— I imagine that's a world of magic?
[ Since her life seems to be so closely tied to magic, it makes sense. Some kind of hidden alternate world. Maybe kind of like this one.
He's stunned again by the question, falling into silence. He has good memories, many of them recent, but they're tied to a traumatic loss that he's not yet ready to talk about. Wanda's the only one who even knows about some of it, and even she doesn't know all the details. So, he reaches for a memory that's far more distant, something safer to share, even if the pain still lives in his mind. ]
Hanukkah with my parents. Eating the sufganiyot my father prepared, my mother lighting the candles. That's a memory I thought lost for a very long time.