[ With Hadrian it had been immediate codependency, perhaps because they didn't know any better yet. Here, there's a little more detachment, an attempt to stay at a safe distance even though that isn't, instinctually, what he wants.
Elliot isn't the kind of person who has to fill a space with words, doesn't talk unless he has something to say, so for a moment he's quiet, just sitting with the feeling and letting them both acclimate. Though maybe that's not a good idea either. He doesn't want to end up the proverbial lobster in slowly heating water. ]
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[ With Hadrian it had been immediate codependency, perhaps because they didn't know any better yet. Here, there's a little more detachment, an attempt to stay at a safe distance even though that isn't, instinctually, what he wants.
Elliot isn't the kind of person who has to fill a space with words, doesn't talk unless he has something to say, so for a moment he's quiet, just sitting with the feeling and letting them both acclimate. Though maybe that's not a good idea either. He doesn't want to end up the proverbial lobster in slowly heating water. ]
You meet Cathaway or whoever?
[ He stretches his arms over his knees. >]
Get filled in on the mission?