[ any frustration she has is muted, a softer form of insistence now when she makes a grab for both of his hands, like that contact will secure his focus. ]
He's killed people. [ dot, elliot. jace and max would have both been added to the list, if not for izzy. more than just the people she knows, if valentine's talk of his childhood kills is based in reality. ] I'm not going to pretend to know what you might have been through, or where you come from, but —
[ she squeezes, like that gesture will confirm she doesn't mean to be insulting. ]
You're human. I'm not. Jonathan isn't. It's my job to protect you, not the other way around.
[ because her world might be gone, but that doesn't mean her duty as a shadowhunter is. ]
no subject
[ any frustration she has is muted, a softer form of insistence now when she makes a grab for both of his hands, like that contact will secure his focus. ]
He's killed people. [ dot, elliot. jace and max would have both been added to the list, if not for izzy. more than just the people she knows, if valentine's talk of his childhood kills is based in reality. ] I'm not going to pretend to know what you might have been through, or where you come from, but —
[ she squeezes, like that gesture will confirm she doesn't mean to be insulting. ]
You're human. I'm not. Jonathan isn't. It's my job to protect you, not the other way around.
[ because her world might be gone, but that doesn't mean her duty as a shadowhunter is. ]