But -- yes, his priority was protecting himself and me. Over anything at all. He'd lost one son, and he didn't want to lose another. So instead, I lost him.
I haven't crossed the Irish wards because I haven't been back to Ireland since I was eleven. I've heard people have a lot of trouble with them. Mr Rosier said that because they were made with my blood I'd be able to cross them freely, I wouldn't even get sick.
But it wasn't the Irish wards he was experimenting with that day two summers ago, it was the one that goes around the Protectorate itself. Where we were, Mr Rosier could feel it in the air, it was annoying and distracting but not awful. For me it was awful. Mr Rosier tried to pretend I was just seasick but we both knew that was a lie.
That's why I thought he was waiting for something. Waiting for the wards to drop. Because normally he'd have taken me away from there straight off. He backed off just enough that I could stand it, and then he waited there. For hours.
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Date: 2015-07-01 05:01 am (UTC)But -- yes, his priority was protecting himself and me. Over anything at all. He'd lost one son, and he didn't want to lose another. So instead, I lost him.
I haven't crossed the Irish wards because I haven't been back to Ireland since I was eleven. I've heard people have a lot of trouble with them. Mr Rosier said that because they were made with my blood I'd be able to cross them freely, I wouldn't even get sick.
But it wasn't the Irish wards he was experimenting with that day two summers ago, it was the one that goes around the Protectorate itself. Where we were, Mr Rosier could feel it in the air, it was annoying and distracting but not awful. For me it was awful. Mr Rosier tried to pretend I was just seasick but we both knew that was a lie.
That's why I thought he was waiting for something. Waiting for the wards to drop. Because normally he'd have taken me away from there straight off. He backed off just enough that I could stand it, and then he waited there. For hours.