[ And then it's Sam's turn to fall quiet, trying to figure out how to respond to that.
Sam's fine, more or less. He thinks of it like an information share, and he's chosen every connection that he's got that strong enough that it happens with. If he doesn't know the full extent of it, if maybe that's just what he's telling himself - well, it's not on a conscious level.
But that question makes it clear that Shiro... doesn't really know that his own connection has been getting stronger. ]
(I don't think that was me, sweetheart. It's a two way street, you and me, means we both pick up more things than we might otherwise.)
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Sam's fine, more or less. He thinks of it like an information share, and he's chosen every connection that he's got that strong enough that it happens with. If he doesn't know the full extent of it, if maybe that's just what he's telling himself - well, it's not on a conscious level.
But that question makes it clear that Shiro... doesn't really know that his own connection has been getting stronger. ]
( I don't think that was me, sweetheart. It's a two way street, you and me, means we both pick up more things than we might otherwise. )