[ they're left there regardless, not an offer rescinded. instead, he meets her gaze with his own, eyes not quite soft, examining, listening, taking it all in. if there's any fear in him, it doesn't show (the truth is: it doesn't exist, not here, not of her). ]
(It's no wonder you needed a place to escape.)
[ softly. he's never known any kind of ability like that, not from home, nothing that didn't have some kind of technological response to explain it. even as she talks of touch, he doesn't balk, though a few, somewhat frayed and instinctive nerve endings still raw from beneath the martian wastes, tug at his sense of self-preservation, begging him to lean back just a bit. he defies them quite sharply instead. ]
(This telepath of yours sounds like they've helped you through quite a lot. To make it this far -) [ to feel as resilient as she does, sad as she is ] (- It doesn't sound an easy feat by any means.)
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( It's no wonder you needed a place to escape. )
[ softly. he's never known any kind of ability like that, not from home, nothing that didn't have some kind of technological response to explain it. even as she talks of touch, he doesn't balk, though a few, somewhat frayed and instinctive nerve endings still raw from beneath the martian wastes, tug at his sense of self-preservation, begging him to lean back just a bit. he defies them quite sharply instead. ]
( This telepath of yours sounds like they've helped you through quite a lot. To make it this far - ) [ to feel as resilient as she does, sad as she is ] ( - It doesn't sound an easy feat by any means. )