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[bancroft]

[ If there's a look that few of you have seen on Thomas Bancroft's face yet, it's this level of somberness.  There's not a single note of his usual joy etched into his expression: rather, he seems to wear all the weight of his many years for everyone to see. ]

These are hardly the circumstances I wanted to first address you all together under.

But I thought it should be known that Sir Francesca, whom a great deal of you know and have benefited from meeting, whether because of her talent for putting each and every one of us at ease in the most dire of circumstances, or because you've had the honor to serve with her in the field, fell today at the hands of our enemy.  She fought nobly, and died the same way as she lived.

With a helluva lot of honor.

[ His expression clouds and he glances behind him briefly ]

We're returning to London at once, and as she wished, we'll be attempting to resurrect her.  [ He stares dully at the camera for a moment, then works his jaw to the side and reaches forward to flick it off ]

May the gods be with us in our attempts to bring her home.

Comments

[bigbad]

Maybe if you didn't do it every excuse you got, I wouldn't bring it up. It's not like I can hit back. [Even if he still tries sometimes. He shakes his head, raising a hand in something like a placating gesture.] I wasn't playing the victim. [Despite how much he brings it up, he doesn't really mind that much. Which is weird. He probably should mind more.] I was making a point. You don't like me. Yet you're here with me now. [Even if lecturing him isn't exactly companionable.] I don't get you.

[slay]

Join the club. [ It's not clear if she means that she doesn't get Spike or if she doesn't get herself either. Maybe a little of both. ]

[bigbad]

[He shakes his head, mouth twisting up into something like a smile.] Let's just drink.

[slay]

[ There's a nod because, well, that was kinda the plan, wasn't it? So, thanks for the obvious suggestion. But, she swallows the snide comment with a gulp of fruity liquor. And that seems like a good place to end this scene so /closes thread tenderly. ]