"For me it was 2011," he says with a small smile, finding it hard to believe he has yet to be born in the world of this little girl. She's older than he is by far, but clearly still so young, and he's long ago adjusted to the ways in which Darrow works, but there are still moments like this that remind him all over again of just how altered things can be. In his world, if she were to exist in it at all, Liesel would have been an adult long before Luke was ever even born, but here they are, their positions switched.
"Was there a war going on?" he asks. "Is that what happened to your home?"
It's possible she won't want to talk about it and Luke won't push if she hesitates, but that simple question will give him a lot of insight into her behaviour tonight. Luke has lived through his own war, though Shadowhunters don't fight with bombs, and while their attacks can be devastating and while he knows the Circle hurt people who didn't deserve it, he does find the slightest relief in the knowledge they hadn't hurt any mundane civilians. It doesn't excuse what he's done, but it's one less burden for him to carry.
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Date: 2017-03-29 07:49 pm (UTC)"Was there a war going on?" he asks. "Is that what happened to your home?"
It's possible she won't want to talk about it and Luke won't push if she hesitates, but that simple question will give him a lot of insight into her behaviour tonight. Luke has lived through his own war, though Shadowhunters don't fight with bombs, and while their attacks can be devastating and while he knows the Circle hurt people who didn't deserve it, he does find the slightest relief in the knowledge they hadn't hurt any mundane civilians. It doesn't excuse what he's done, but it's one less burden for him to carry.