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[keenly]

[After this.]

Colin heads directly to the stables after talking with Detlef. He makes sure absolutely no one is nearby, nor in the loft, before speaking very softly near Detlef's ear.

"He's safe to tell. Though I should be there when you do, just in case."

[stableman]

He blinks at Colin, trying to find the train of thought there. It takes him a couple of moments, but after that his expression brightens.

"You mean who I think you do? How do you, I mean, yes. Of course. But you're, you're sure?"

[keenly]

"I mean he wouldn't turn you in," Colin clarifies. "He wouldn't turn anyone in. But there's a reason for it that might still make things hard for your relationship, and I'm not the one who should tell you what it is."

A hopeful little smile, as if to keep Detlef from being discouraged.

[stableman]

That's worrying. Colin's smile says that Detlef's safe, but that means he has no idea what the rest of what Colin's meaning might be.

"No clues, just... suspense?"

[keenly]

"I invade peoples' privacy quite enough," Colin sighs. "Please don't make me invade more. I still don't know whether to tell him about me, and what I can't stop doing."

[stableman]

He sighs. Colin has a point.

"Do you think I have a chance, at least? And do you want to head over now?" It's that or start letting dread get the better of him until he second-guesses his way out of trying with Faro anymore.

[keenly]

"You absolutely do," Colin says with another smile. "But there's no way of knowing how things will go until he knows everything."

He touches his friend's arm gently and starts wandering in the direction of the Broidery.

"Let's go."

[stableman]

Alternately, what if not going over right away is the better idea? He can never be turned down if he doesn't go, right? Except Colin's walking and Detlef's upright and he doesn't have the chance to think himself out of it.

"Going," he says with no little trepidation.