I'll be fine. [ That comes without hesitation or preamble too. ] It won't be any worse than where we are now.
[ If he's successful with throwing Archer's pursuers off his trail, anyway. A fugitive is a fugitive — pursuers will come up with whatever reason they like. Jamming the cartridge back into the gun and pulling the slide back, he climbs to his feet again as if he doesn't plan on failing. Whatever he really thinks of the potential outcome, he doesn't look as though he doubts his own ability or intentions, magic or no. If they don't get Archer, they'll go for Shino next. Or Leanne. It's not a position he wants to leave open. ]
Get somewhere else. [ He hears it in his mind again, sharp and resonate: "To where?""Somewhere not here." ] Contact me when you do.
[ So he at least knows that his decision to not lose anyone in the same way as before was worth anything at all. ]
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[ If he's successful with throwing Archer's pursuers off his trail, anyway. A fugitive is a fugitive — pursuers will come up with whatever reason they like. Jamming the cartridge back into the gun and pulling the slide back, he climbs to his feet again as if he doesn't plan on failing. Whatever he really thinks of the potential outcome, he doesn't look as though he doubts his own ability or intentions, magic or no. If they don't get Archer, they'll go for Shino next. Or Leanne. It's not a position he wants to leave open. ]
Get somewhere else. [ He hears it in his mind again, sharp and resonate: "To where?" "Somewhere not here." ] Contact me when you do.
[ So he at least knows that his decision to not lose anyone in the same way as before was worth anything at all. ]