i’m re-reading the locked tomb series and going crazy because the ONLY time palamedes calls camilla “scholar” is during the “love and freedom don’t coexist” scene
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the rhythm of the scene relies SO heavily on the clacks and the pauses, and there are THREE pauses right before palamedes says “you know that i adore you, scholar.” and camilla, who’s been pausing before responding to NEARLY EVERY line in this scene until “we are one flesh / i am your end,” responds IMMEDIATELY
more specifically, here’s all the dialogue not separated by a pause:
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it’s all terms of endearment or expressions of devotion, including the paul foreshadowing. they both know what they’re both thinking. they find love easiest to respond to, in each other.
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