[Salieri starts, going stiff with shock when Benjamin wraps an arm around him. It's not even close to the reaction he was expecting. He was expecting hate, censure, disgust at best--it's what he deserves, isn't it? Considering what was done to Benjamin--what Salieri knows happened to him--it's only fair that he would get to be the judge of this crime, as similar as it is to what was done to Benjamin himself.
That was Salieri's thought, anyway.
And yet, Benjamin gives him nothing of the sort. Not disgust, no censure, no punishment--and Salieri doesn't understand why, how his friend could excuse--]
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That was Salieri's thought, anyway.
And yet, Benjamin gives him nothing of the sort. Not disgust, no censure, no punishment--and Salieri doesn't understand why, how his friend could excuse--]