"I can't know. I was there for a hundred years at least, and probably more."
...
This was a mistake. This was a very, very large mistake and it is only that now he has blackmail in reverse that he doesn't just. Well. He doesn't even really know. It's not like he can trap Arthur in the cottage after what he just admitted. Can't involve anyone else in it.
At least Giles still loves him.
"I can't- I can't know. I lost count," maybe if he tried harder, kept a tally, "I don't... I don't know."
He could've picked a number. Fudged one. Maybe that would've been better, soothed Arthur that he cared right, that he was a good victim of his circumstances, that he still cared the right amount.
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Date: 2023-11-12 08:32 am (UTC)...
This was a mistake. This was a very, very large mistake and it is only that now he has blackmail in reverse that he doesn't just. Well. He doesn't even really know. It's not like he can trap Arthur in the cottage after what he just admitted. Can't involve anyone else in it.
At least Giles still loves him.
"I can't- I can't know. I lost count," maybe if he tried harder, kept a tally, "I don't... I don't know."
He could've picked a number. Fudged one. Maybe that would've been better, soothed Arthur that he cared right, that he was a good victim of his circumstances, that he still cared the right amount.