"Try asking what she didn't do; it might be easier to answer. She taught Gaelic and Irish history at a time when doing so was quite illegal. She helped with birthings and foalings, illnesses and injuries ... all kinds of things."
Rory's velvet eyes turn somber as they watch Pippa at the stove. Family is such a central part of his life that imagining such a rupture as she has suffered comes hard for him.
Figuring out how to respond comes even harder, but eventually he speaks softly, "If they don't see what they're missing in you, sweet, they're either very blind, very stupid or both."
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Date: 2008-09-23 03:50 am (UTC)Rory's velvet eyes turn somber as they watch Pippa at the stove. Family is such a central part of his life that imagining such a rupture as she has suffered comes hard for him.
Figuring out how to respond comes even harder, but eventually he speaks softly, "If they don't see what they're missing in you, sweet, they're either very blind, very stupid or both."