[ the recognition is both welcome and not: welcome because it signifies understanding, but unwelcome because it is the sort of understanding thomas isn't too keen for others to have, for their sake. ]
Quite. [ and ] I have no intention of making myself unsafe.
[ and then lyall suggests —that. and thomas finds himself quiet for a moment. ]
Ah, yes. I would like that.
[ get to know the man he'd been terribly in love with in a dream. somewhere at the back of his mind, he thinks he can hear david laughing at him. ]
no subject
Quite. [ and ] I have no intention of making myself unsafe.
[ and then lyall suggests —that. and thomas finds himself quiet for a moment. ]
Ah, yes. I would like that.
[ get to know the man he'd been terribly in love with in a dream. somewhere at the back of his mind, he thinks he can hear david laughing at him. ]
no subject
Until then, Mr Nightingale.
[He doesn't reiterate "stay safe", but it's implied.]
no subject
[ likewise. ]