[ It's not really the answer he would've liked, but Sam's self-aware enough to know there's just about no answer to that question he would've liked. There are just answers that are varying degrees of disappointing, and he just has to deal with.
Dealing with disappointment, though, is something he's had a hell of a lot of practice at in his life.
He reaches up for her hand, hesitating an inch away for half a beat, but then following through and getting to his feet.
Righting a wrong. That's something he's had practice at, too; if he can't be where he wants to be, at least he'd rather be somewhere he can do something useful. He never appreciated what it meant to be a Nova, when it was just his father's stories, but it's come to mean a lot more to him since he took up the helmet himself. Whether there's still a Nova Corps or not, he's still a Nova.
Righting wrongs is what Novas do. ]
I guess it makes more sense than moping around here.
[ He'll still mope, more than likely. But, you know. In between the important stuff.
And he has a feeling that even outside of having a purpose, he belongs down there, not alone up here. Maybe because of that brood, even if he isn't sure - ]
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Dealing with disappointment, though, is something he's had a hell of a lot of practice at in his life.
He reaches up for her hand, hesitating an inch away for half a beat, but then following through and getting to his feet.
Righting a wrong. That's something he's had practice at, too; if he can't be where he wants to be, at least he'd rather be somewhere he can do something useful. He never appreciated what it meant to be a Nova, when it was just his father's stories, but it's come to mean a lot more to him since he took up the helmet himself. Whether there's still a Nova Corps or not, he's still a Nova.
Righting wrongs is what Novas do. ]
I guess it makes more sense than moping around here.
[ He'll still mope, more than likely. But, you know. In between the important stuff.
And he has a feeling that even outside of having a purpose, he belongs down there, not alone up here. Maybe because of that brood, even if he isn't sure - ]
...uh. What's a brood?