[For just a secant, there's the hint of that natural compulsion to assure her that he would care, but it's squashed in a near-instant.
He knew what she really meant, and she didn't mean him. She didn't mean anyone here. All the people who had only seen one side of her and could only take guesses at who she really was and what she'd done. Sure they could care on a superficial level, but not the way she meant. And if he were her, he would have hated hearing it.
Yeah...he knew where she was coming from all too well.
But he couldn’t bring himself to say that out loud either, instead, hunching over his own com as he unconsciously mirrored her, just allowing the heavy silence to settle between them for a moment.]
Well, maybe you don't have to be okay with it. Maybe you need to be the one that keeps arguing with her and reminding her that she's worth saving, too. And maybe it won't actually stop her, maybe it will. But it managed to get her to finally tell you how she felt. That's a start, right?
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He knew what she really meant, and she didn't mean him. She didn't mean anyone here. All the people who had only seen one side of her and could only take guesses at who she really was and what she'd done. Sure they could care on a superficial level, but not the way she meant. And if he were her, he would have hated hearing it.
Yeah...he knew where she was coming from all too well.
But he couldn’t bring himself to say that out loud either, instead, hunching over his own com as he unconsciously mirrored her, just allowing the heavy silence to settle between them for a moment.]
Well, maybe you don't have to be okay with it. Maybe you need to be the one that keeps arguing with her and reminding her that she's worth saving, too. And maybe it won't actually stop her, maybe it will. But it managed to get her to finally tell you how she felt. That's a start, right?