Sloane, who isn't standing far from Scott, makes the additional step that allows him to put his hand on Scott's shoulder.
"There is no stronger bond than between parent and child," he says softly.
It's not a calculated gesture, at this point, though ironically what allows him to make it had been in part calculated; the fact that he told Scott and Emma about his dead daughter, though he had paid for this particular calculation as he had known he would, with the old pain coming back in full force. Still, the fact they know makes for one of the few spontanous gestures he allowed himself since arriving here. It's something that some new aquaintances find surprising because his demeanour is otherwise quite old fashioned, but Arvin Sloane has always been a physical man towards people he feels sympathy for; Jack and Sydney Bristow could testify.
"Actually," he continues, stepping back again before it could become presumptous, "I was just looking for a quiet retreat before my next class. But there's no need to go. I should get out and catch some fresh air anyway; it looks like we'll have rain again tomorrow."
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Date: 2007-06-29 04:36 pm (UTC)"There is no stronger bond than between parent and child," he says softly.
It's not a calculated gesture, at this point, though ironically what allows him to make it had been in part calculated; the fact that he told Scott and Emma about his dead daughter, though he had paid for this particular calculation as he had known he would, with the old pain coming back in full force. Still, the fact they know makes for one of the few spontanous gestures he allowed himself since arriving here. It's something that some new aquaintances find surprising because his demeanour is otherwise quite old fashioned, but Arvin Sloane has always been a physical man towards people he feels sympathy for; Jack and Sydney Bristow could testify.
"Actually," he continues, stepping back again before it could become presumptous, "I was just looking for a quiet retreat before my next class. But there's no need to go. I should get out and catch some fresh air anyway; it looks like we'll have rain again tomorrow."