—but that isn't the answer that's going to help her. And if anything... he smiles at that actually. The first time he's smiled since he woke up, actually. Even if there's something so heavy and bittersweet about it. And if only.. if only she knew even a fraction of the irony at believing he had anyone he could return to, no matter how precious they were to him. The fugitive.
Because it's the only way I know. ]
Because I believe in it. [ "Even like this," she said. His expression is certainly weighted by that—panic, held at bay—but still such a calm, gentle kind of smile. Holding her face gently captured there still, even if he's not entirely sure her reaction if he can't see her face—but somehow he feels like she's calmed a bit and is glad for it.
Is it funny? In this moment, that bittersweet kind of fondness...
It's the sense of belonging and home he hadn't expected to find again after he left the Order. The kind of people you speak like that to. Care for like that. "Aren't you stronger than this? My family." ]
Even if it means struggling and struggling, I won't give up until it is. That I can move forward and still protect the things important to me—and so can you. [ Because that's what she had skirted around so much during the festival about, right?
And why seeing her own comrades and family and reconciling them on the station had been such a struggle. ]
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—but that isn't the answer that's going to help her. And if anything... he smiles at that actually. The first time he's smiled since he woke up, actually. Even if there's something so heavy and bittersweet about it. And if only.. if only she knew even a fraction of the irony at believing he had anyone he could return to, no matter how precious they were to him. The fugitive.
Because it's the only way I know. ]
Because I believe in it. [ "Even like this," she said. His expression is certainly weighted by that—panic, held at bay—but still such a calm, gentle kind of smile. Holding her face gently captured there still, even if he's not entirely sure her reaction if he can't see her face—but somehow he feels like she's calmed a bit and is glad for it.
Is it funny? In this moment, that bittersweet kind of fondness...
It's the sense of belonging and home he hadn't expected to find again after he left the Order. The kind of people you speak like that to. Care for like that. "Aren't you stronger than this? My family." ]
Even if it means struggling and struggling, I won't give up until it is. That I can move forward and still protect the things important to me—and so can you. [ Because that's what she had skirted around so much during the festival about, right?
And why seeing her own comrades and family and reconciling them on the station had been such a struggle. ]
So I promise, we'll be okay.