[There are so many things Giles could say to that, but this question seems, somehow, to be the most important.
If she'd been torn away from her engagement by coming back here, that would be one thing. But she said she'd broken it off. Had she done so of her own free will?
...it sounds wonderful, and Giles can't understand why she would have.
His hands clench and unclench slightly, at the sudden loss of contact. Giles stares down at them, at all the scars and signs of age, before he looks back up at Ginia and waits for her to find the words.]
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[There are so many things Giles could say to that, but this question seems, somehow, to be the most important.
If she'd been torn away from her engagement by coming back here, that would be one thing. But she said she'd broken it off. Had she done so of her own free will?
...it sounds wonderful, and Giles can't understand why she would have.
His hands clench and unclench slightly, at the sudden loss of contact. Giles stares down at them, at all the scars and signs of age, before he looks back up at Ginia and waits for her to find the words.]