Ed is quiet for a moment, then he stands and stretches out his shoulders, moving to look at one of the vases he's studied a dozen times before.
"I have been staying here. I needed an address to give for your lawyer and while I was organising your affairs and release and homecoming, it was- convenient." He doesn't look back, but the body language is Ed and slightly awkward. "Even Olga didn't object once she realised I was working to have your conviction overturned." And Olga had always been a bit standoffish with Ed, even before the two of them blew up.
"I know your pride might object but... there's a hot bath upstairs and the quickest way up would be for Olga to carry you, rather than strain and hurt your leg further." He finally looks back at Oswald, "A glowing grate, a diamond plate, a place you never leave. Here has been closest. Please let Olga help you upstairs, Oswald."
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Date: 2019-12-05 07:32 am (UTC)"I have been staying here. I needed an address to give for your lawyer and while I was organising your affairs and release and homecoming, it was- convenient." He doesn't look back, but the body language is Ed and slightly awkward. "Even Olga didn't object once she realised I was working to have your conviction overturned." And Olga had always been a bit standoffish with Ed, even before the two of them blew up.
"I know your pride might object but... there's a hot bath upstairs and the quickest way up would be for Olga to carry you, rather than strain and hurt your leg further." He finally looks back at Oswald, "A glowing grate, a diamond plate, a place you never leave. Here has been closest. Please let Olga help you upstairs, Oswald."