[There's no fluff or bravado this time. He doesn't need it. It's a singular conviction, unwavering.]
Not in my lifetime, maybe. But one day. The work we do now gets us closer to that.
[It's a reminder. This, and the look on her face; he doesn't know what she's seen, but he knows it's not nothing. In that moment, she reminds him a little of Bethany: the shadowed, haunted parts of her she rarely let anyone besides him see.
He has a job to do.]
I can't stay here long. Need to keep moving. [He squints at her, considering.] You can come along, if you like. Could use an extra pair of eyes, especially when they've saved my ass once already.
[Also it just... doesn't sit well with him, leaving her alone, capable as she might be.]
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[There's no fluff or bravado this time. He doesn't need it. It's a singular conviction, unwavering.]
Not in my lifetime, maybe. But one day. The work we do now gets us closer to that.
[It's a reminder. This, and the look on her face; he doesn't know what she's seen, but he knows it's not nothing. In that moment, she reminds him a little of Bethany: the shadowed, haunted parts of her she rarely let anyone besides him see.
He has a job to do.]
I can't stay here long. Need to keep moving. [He squints at her, considering.] You can come along, if you like. Could use an extra pair of eyes, especially when they've saved my ass once already.
[Also it just... doesn't sit well with him, leaving her alone, capable as she might be.]