Forgive me, I do not mean to make light of your concerns.
[ For Hubert, romance must be so far from his mind that he can only see it as an obstacle, a needless distraction, even if his heart tells him differently. Ferdinand may not truly understand what that's like, but at the very least he can try to be sympathetic.
His hand, now relieved of Hubert's wrist, comes to rest on the back of his chair as he leans his way back into his friend's field of vision. ]
It is not my intention to be a distraction. I... have have come to see you as someone to challenge myself against. Your views and your methods are so different from my own that your perspective has proven invaluable, even if I do not always agree. That is why we work so well together. Do you not agree?
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[ For Hubert, romance must be so far from his mind that he can only see it as an obstacle, a needless distraction, even if his heart tells him differently. Ferdinand may not truly understand what that's like, but at the very least he can try to be sympathetic.
His hand, now relieved of Hubert's wrist, comes to rest on the back of his chair as he leans his way back into his friend's field of vision. ]
It is not my intention to be a distraction. I... have have come to see you as someone to challenge myself against. Your views and your methods are so different from my own that your perspective has proven invaluable, even if I do not always agree. That is why we work so well together. Do you not agree?