[ Bellamy hesitates for a long moment. He understands the out he's being given. But he still feels the urge to say something. They'd returned from the disastrous peace summit and Jaha, Murphy and a handful of others had been gone. There's a pulse of regret over that absence, too complicated for Bellamy to express.
He exhales a harsh laugh, most likely lost on Murphy. Exhaustion is creeping back in the wake of that mental struggle, though Bellamy's loathe to give in to it a second time. The connection strung between them settles him, and Bellamy focuses on that. ]
(Yeah,) [ He manages finally, slouching as much as his restraints allow. ] (I think my fever broke.)
[ That's progress. And it's easier to report than it would be to dwell on nightmares, or to ask what Murphy had experienced in Polis. Maybe Bellamy should have asked before. Finding Murphy with Pike and Indra had been a shock; realizing that Murphy might have been there for ages without them knowing is a worse one. ]
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He exhales a harsh laugh, most likely lost on Murphy. Exhaustion is creeping back in the wake of that mental struggle, though Bellamy's loathe to give in to it a second time. The connection strung between them settles him, and Bellamy focuses on that. ]
( Yeah, ) [ He manages finally, slouching as much as his restraints allow. ] ( I think my fever broke. )
[ That's progress. And it's easier to report than it would be to dwell on nightmares, or to ask what Murphy had experienced in Polis. Maybe Bellamy should have asked before. Finding Murphy with Pike and Indra had been a shock; realizing that Murphy might have been there for ages without them knowing is a worse one. ]