Then their encounter after all those months. They have both dreaded this as much as longed for it and then it's such an anticlimax, brilliantly building up even more tension. I love Sean's self dissection in the beginning, the thoughts about how it's temporarily a blessing to be able to shrug out of your skin and become someone else, as well it's a curse because your own skin should be what you call home. And then the focus turning to Viggo who only has changed the continent but is still where Ariadna left him, who is still missing Sean like a madman, that short description says it all: to catch hold of that elusive voice in the wind—a very familiar laugh and one that he missed as greatly as he missed having heartbeats that signified something other than that he was still alive He is still in that functional mode, working, trying to get on with his life but underneath the surface he too, is still turning around in circles, just like Sean is. It's fantastic to see Sean work up the courage to finally approach him, and the choice of words and place speak so clearly of his confusion as well as of his determination. He seems to partly be afraid of what will happen and to need the protection of a place as public as this, maybe as well to ensure that he remains in control over his own feelings, and on the other hand something seems to have loosened inside of him on seeing Viggo, there is so much intimate knowledge in this words, he instantly is able to remind Viggo of all the have had in a very unobtrusive manner, probably subconsciously but it is a very touching moment, the two of them inevitably gravitating towards each other, and Viggo discovering the fondness of his inner voice. At the same time it is so clear that this apparently harmless encounter is only the top of the iceberg, Viggo reluctant to turn around, his fingers curling into a fist, Sean's nails digging into his thigh and this sentence: "Nah,” Sean said, and he was back to leaning on the lamppost. “I just like it when yer payin’ attention ta me.”
This is far from over, in all the positive as well as negative aspects.
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I love Sean's self dissection in the beginning, the thoughts about how it's temporarily a blessing to be able to shrug out of your skin and become someone else, as well it's a curse because your own skin should be what you call home.
And then the focus turning to Viggo who only has changed the continent but is still where Ariadna left him, who is still missing Sean like a madman, that short description says it all:
to catch hold of that elusive voice in the wind—a very familiar laugh and one that he missed as greatly as he missed having heartbeats that signified something other than that he was still alive
He is still in that functional mode, working, trying to get on with his life but underneath the surface he too, is still turning around in circles, just like Sean is.
It's fantastic to see Sean work up the courage to finally approach him, and the choice of words and place speak so clearly of his confusion as well as of his determination. He seems to partly be afraid of what will happen and to need the protection of a place as public as this, maybe as well to ensure that he remains in control over his own feelings, and on the other hand something seems to have loosened inside of him on seeing Viggo, there is so much intimate knowledge in this words, he instantly is able to remind Viggo of all the have had in a very unobtrusive manner, probably subconsciously but it is a very touching moment, the two of them inevitably gravitating towards each other, and Viggo discovering the fondness of his inner voice.
At the same time it is so clear that this apparently harmless encounter is only the top of the iceberg, Viggo reluctant to turn around, his fingers curling into a fist, Sean's nails digging into his thigh and this sentence: "Nah,” Sean said, and he was back to leaning on the lamppost. “I just like it when yer payin’ attention ta me.”
This is far from over, in all the positive as well as negative aspects.
Will be back later with more :)