Why, you don't think I could handle it? I work just fine on my own.
[ The answer is testy, like Shiro's good intentions are just dragging -- harsh as sandpaper -- across a flayed-open wound. The burst of his mind suggests an injury dragged to light, a hurt he's been harboring throughout this mission, finally bursting like a rotting fruit, even as he tries to draw it back to where he can forget about it for a little while longer. ]
I don't know how to help.
[ He repeats it, and it sounds a little less like he's baring his teeth, and more like he just... hates that he can't fix Shiro. ]
Hadrian's too wrapped up in Juno's existence. Elliot thought telling everyone I was gonna' fuck up the mission was the right thing to do. Rogue said she'd defend someone who'd hurt us, who hurt her. I didn't even get to meet the last one, she was just -- here and then gone. They're all lousy.
[ Ah.
He's envious of you, Shiro. Because you miss yours, and he doesn't. ( They probably don't even miss HIM. ) ]
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[ The answer is testy, like Shiro's good intentions are just dragging -- harsh as sandpaper -- across a flayed-open wound. The burst of his mind suggests an injury dragged to light, a hurt he's been harboring throughout this mission, finally bursting like a rotting fruit, even as he tries to draw it back to where he can forget about it for a little while longer. ]
I don't know how to help.
[ He repeats it, and it sounds a little less like he's baring his teeth, and more like he just... hates that he can't fix Shiro. ]
Hadrian's too wrapped up in Juno's existence. Elliot thought telling everyone I was gonna' fuck up the mission was the right thing to do. Rogue said she'd defend someone who'd hurt us, who hurt her. I didn't even get to meet the last one, she was just -- here and then gone. They're all lousy.
[ Ah.
He's envious of you, Shiro. Because you miss yours, and he doesn't. ( They probably don't even miss HIM. ) ]