[ The first expeditions were doing what he's doing right now: trying to find their families. They must have felt just as lost and shocked; they, too had lost everything and everyone, just like he and Lune had on the beach.
And there's another thing. That we, there, shifting Renoir from observer in Gustave's mind to ancestor.
The older man gazes into the fire, seeing who knows what memories, and Gustave leaves him to them for a long moment before he speaks again. When he does, his voice is gentle. ]
Who did you lose?
[ Who had been ripped away from him, that he was desperate to find? Is that why he's willing to help them find Maelle, to reunite Gustave with the only family member here on this continent with him?
And had he ever managed to find the ones he'd sought so many years ago? ]
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Date: 2025-05-16 11:06 pm (UTC)And there's another thing. That we, there, shifting Renoir from observer in Gustave's mind to ancestor.
The older man gazes into the fire, seeing who knows what memories, and Gustave leaves him to them for a long moment before he speaks again. When he does, his voice is gentle. ]
Who did you lose?
[ Who had been ripped away from him, that he was desperate to find? Is that why he's willing to help them find Maelle, to reunite Gustave with the only family member here on this continent with him?
And had he ever managed to find the ones he'd sought so many years ago? ]