[ he pauses to arrange his hold on the other handle, and gives it to sylvain so both of them can carry it.
it's nice that he offered to do it both, he'd protest otherwise. shoulder the heck out of their picnic items all the way to the park even if it tires him out. just to prove he can still do it. whatever. it's silly. but there are things dimitri wants to feel secure in, and his strength, unpredictable as it was, had always been reliable. now he feels uncertain, and unmoored ....
anyway. not the kind of thing easy to talk about while walking.
they go to the park. it's a nice park. very grassy and green. but also. ]
That's it?
[ small. (for country bumpkins.) it encompasses a few blocks, and certainly nothing like back home, where there's a giant forest to get lost in if you're not careful. bigger cities like fhirdiad - sure. it's hard to find greenery there. but even then, he didn't have to travel very far if he wanted to see nature. ] ... we'll have to review a map sometime. I don't really have an idea of the size and scale of this city and how far away we are from anything.
[ well, they'd ... better walk to a nice shady area. he points out to the distance where there's a fire pit with a bench and such, and they go there. ]
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[ he pauses to arrange his hold on the other handle, and gives it to sylvain so both of them can carry it.
it's nice that he offered to do it both, he'd protest otherwise. shoulder the heck out of their picnic items all the way to the park even if it tires him out. just to prove he can still do it. whatever. it's silly. but there are things dimitri wants to feel secure in, and his strength, unpredictable as it was, had always been reliable. now he feels uncertain, and unmoored ....
anyway. not the kind of thing easy to talk about while walking.
they go to the park. it's a nice park. very grassy and green. but also. ]
That's it?
[ small. (for country bumpkins.) it encompasses a few blocks, and certainly nothing like back home, where there's a giant forest to get lost in if you're not careful. bigger cities like fhirdiad - sure. it's hard to find greenery there. but even then, he didn't have to travel very far if he wanted to see nature. ] ... we'll have to review a map sometime. I don't really have an idea of the size and scale of this city and how far away we are from anything.
[ well, they'd ... better walk to a nice shady area. he points out to the distance where there's a fire pit with a bench and such, and they go there. ]