[ Emperor Dorca and Crown Prince Yuri. When word starts drifting through the camp, Wash latches onto that name immediately and knows what it has to mean, a chill moving down his spine. Things are busy around camp, and it takes longer than he'd like but Wash still finds the first opportunity he can to tap on Miles' shoulder, asking him for help on -- something. To come take a walk.
Just that news is tension enough, but as they wander around the war tent, there's two soldiers on guard patrolling past the war tent. It becomes clear pretty damn quickly that what they're talking about is worth listening to, but Wash might be watching Miles more than the two guards the entire time, reading his expression, committing everything he hears to memory.
The soldiers start to get too close, and Wash grabs him by the arm a little pointedly, gesturing with a sharp jerk of his head, we should go. Past the war tent, this time, out of the camp, they've taken enough of these walks that Wash ends up going the same way just out of habit. He's quiet for a time, just trying to process everything he's just heard, slotting it into place with everything he's already learned from Miles, but eventually, once they're clear enough from the camp, turning his head to look at him as they walk. ]
Miles. [ A little quietly. That was. That was a thing, wasn't it. ]
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Just that news is tension enough, but as they wander around the war tent, there's two soldiers on guard patrolling past the war tent. It becomes clear pretty damn quickly that what they're talking about is worth listening to, but Wash might be watching Miles more than the two guards the entire time, reading his expression, committing everything he hears to memory.
The soldiers start to get too close, and Wash grabs him by the arm a little pointedly, gesturing with a sharp jerk of his head, we should go. Past the war tent, this time, out of the camp, they've taken enough of these walks that Wash ends up going the same way just out of habit. He's quiet for a time, just trying to process everything he's just heard, slotting it into place with everything he's already learned from Miles, but eventually, once they're clear enough from the camp, turning his head to look at him as they walk. ]
Miles. [ A little quietly. That was. That was a thing, wasn't it. ]