[That's a nice "we." If pressed, Edward could hardly have explained why, but it's a very nice "we" to relax further into.]
Comparative to what?
[It doesn't matter, but whatever prattling it inspires will keep the space feeling warm and comfortable--keep surrounding him with the firm sensation that he's here, in this place, with this person.
The mirror helps with that as well. His attention is more or less on combing away the worst tangles (the beard will never be fully "neat," at the end of the day, but it's moving toward an acceptable level of "wrangled" and "bloodless" now), but now and then a slight shift lets him catch a glance of Stede's fingers just at the edge of the glass.]
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Comparative to what?
[It doesn't matter, but whatever prattling it inspires will keep the space feeling warm and comfortable--keep surrounding him with the firm sensation that he's here, in this place, with this person.
The mirror helps with that as well. His attention is more or less on combing away the worst tangles (the beard will never be fully "neat," at the end of the day, but it's moving toward an acceptable level of "wrangled" and "bloodless" now), but now and then a slight shift lets him catch a glance of Stede's fingers just at the edge of the glass.]