[In the same way... he'll never let go of that responsibility. They're his people. His team. He'd already lost one team. Another is out of the question.]
[Which just makes the loss of Lavellan a fraction more difficult to bear. One more teammate he couldn't save. One person relying on him, even tangentially, that he could do nothing for.]
[He lifts his head, looking at her from under the shock of white hanging in his eyes.]
(He'd be glad if I could, too.) [Sam would. Pidge too, in a way. But they're people he has to be strong for, too. Aren't they?] (All I can say is... I can make an effort.)
[Whether or not anything comes of it is another story entirely. Especially now.]
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[Which just makes the loss of Lavellan a fraction more difficult to bear. One more teammate he couldn't save. One person relying on him, even tangentially, that he could do nothing for.]
[He lifts his head, looking at her from under the shock of white hanging in his eyes.]
(He'd be glad if I could, too.) [Sam would. Pidge too, in a way. But they're people he has to be strong for, too. Aren't they?] (All I can say is... I can make an effort.)
[Whether or not anything comes of it is another story entirely. Especially now.]