[The silence stretches, but not uncomfortably so. Certainly if there had been any pain to it, the sigh followed by the eager gulping down of whiskey would be enough to give bracing to patience. It could be a show, but Rip suspects it not, not this time at least. Resignation seems more likely from the look on her face, and the words that come next serve as convincing confession.
Rip's never really seen Peggy's temper for himself, but sparks of it? Sure. When the conversation had turned in ways she hadn't liked. As someone also able to claim a touch of the same for himself, he does understand how it strains, to keep anger in check.
He even goes so far as to guess what set it aflame that day--and quite fittingly, puts aside his half-finished glass in favor of playing a proper host and refilling hers.]
Because of the American. [The man who had seemingly broken her heart, not through ill-intentions but merely circumstance. So it hadn't been mercy after all, but restraint on Peggy's part that kept her gun aimed elsewhere that day. Fair enough, and a credit to Peggy that she had kept things in check.
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Rip's never really seen Peggy's temper for himself, but sparks of it? Sure. When the conversation had turned in ways she hadn't liked. As someone also able to claim a touch of the same for himself, he does understand how it strains, to keep anger in check.
He even goes so far as to guess what set it aflame that day--and quite fittingly, puts aside his half-finished glass in favor of playing a proper host and refilling hers.]
Because of the American. [The man who had seemingly broken her heart, not through ill-intentions but merely circumstance. So it hadn't been mercy after all, but restraint on Peggy's part that kept her gun aimed elsewhere that day. Fair enough, and a credit to Peggy that she had kept things in check.
Broken hearts are hardly easy storms to quell.]