[ Generally, maybe, but getting her to laugh, even now, is something that makes all the rest of it feel like it could be okay again. A small victory in the grand scheme of it all, but Gustave cherishes it just the same.
Pushing her hair away from her face, Gustave doesn't miss the way she looks at him as if expecting to see the wounds he'd already checked for, or the red seeping into his uniform.
Gustave thinks about his answer to that question, shaking off the memory of her face, wide-eyed and terrified, cheeks splattered with his own blood. It was hard to forget, but he didn't want that to take up the time they had. ]
Yeah, [ because he ultimately decides on the truth. ] Yeah, I remember.
seriously. BEWARE OF SPOILERS lol.
Pushing her hair away from her face, Gustave doesn't miss the way she looks at him as if expecting to see the wounds he'd already checked for, or the red seeping into his uniform.
Gustave thinks about his answer to that question, shaking off the memory of her face, wide-eyed and terrified, cheeks splattered with his own blood. It was hard to forget, but he didn't want that to take up the time they had. ]
Yeah, [ because he ultimately decides on the truth. ] Yeah, I remember.