"I just don't understand this…"

Much trails off. It isn't often that words fail him, but he can't begin to describe the bizarre arrangement between his master and the man who, until very recently, was his mortal enemy.

"Whatever this is with you and Gisborne," he finishes awkwardly. "He's-well, he's Gisborne!"

"I know, Much."

"Then how can you forget everything he's done just because your father and his mother-"

"Archer isn't the only thing we have in common."

It takes Much a moment to grasp Robin's meaning. When he does, he wishes he'd held his tongue.

Marian. It's always Marian.