Since I wed ye, Sassenach, all I've wanted is a home with you. We spoke of it one night, by the fire.
[ He strokes her cheek now in a soft, tender gesture. ]
Roots to put down, ye said. I wanted to give ye that with Lallybroch. I couldna ever...I couldna give it to ye the way that I wanted.
[ His thumb moves over her ring, the key to Lallybroch. ]
Paris could never be home. Then Edinburgh wasna...I was wandering. Half my heart was gone and I couldna have a home wi'out it, ye ken. But now we were settled. Ye made me eggs in our wee hearth. I knitted ye cowls and hand warmers. I brought ye fish, ye gutted and cleaned and made fine meals. I hunted and brought all sorts of entrails and organs for yer medicine kit and such.
[ He has NO idea what she does with those things but he learned a while ago not to ask questions. ]
It's a life, Claire. And it was a good one. If I need to build it for us again, I will, wi' my bare hands.
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[ He strokes her cheek now in a soft, tender gesture. ]
Roots to put down, ye said. I wanted to give ye that with Lallybroch. I couldna ever...I couldna give it to ye the way that I wanted.
[ His thumb moves over her ring, the key to Lallybroch. ]
Paris could never be home. Then Edinburgh wasna...I was wandering. Half my heart was gone and I couldna have a home wi'out it, ye ken. But now we were settled. Ye made me eggs in our wee hearth. I knitted ye cowls and hand warmers. I brought ye fish, ye gutted and cleaned and made fine meals. I hunted and brought all sorts of entrails and organs for yer medicine kit and such.
[ He has NO idea what she does with those things but he learned a while ago not to ask questions. ]
It's a life, Claire. And it was a good one. If I need to build it for us again, I will, wi' my bare hands.