[that's fair, this is what she expects - she's careful when he breaks down, holding him close. this never gets any easier. watching the people she cares about already so much have their hearts broken over and over.
she doesn't cry, but she makes sure she's a comfortable place to curl up with. this is all she really can be right now. a body, a tank, something big and gentle as she can manage.]
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[his voice is quiet, a little strained, and he just- lets himself be scooped, easily.]
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[she murmurs, tucking his hair behind his ear.]
It was the monster. You saw it - she stopped herself. [...] M'sorry you didn't get to say goodbye.
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I- I at least wanted to-- to do that much.
[she told him that they would--
he shakes his head, breath hitching, trying to stop himself from crying.]
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[cry, she means, resting her head on top of his.]
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it doesn't last long, though, before he ends up just ugly crying on her.]
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she doesn't cry, but she makes sure she's a comfortable place to curl up with. this is all she really can be right now. a body, a tank, something big and gentle as she can manage.]
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She- said that we would... make more memories, here.
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... She made some. She gave you some good ones. The time she was here mattered.
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I wanted... to give her some, as well.
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I hope-
I hope so.
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[she tucks his hair behind hsi ear.]
... I know this doesn't help, but this was probably better. Fucked up as it is. She went fast. Didn't have to suffer all night.
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[so it was a mercy. it was. he just- he just--]
Karlach, d-do you remember what you said about Monsieur Hill, after...
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I think that I might... feel the same way.
[how could he not, with the way that she was.]
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she exhales slow at that.]
... I'm sorry, sweetheart. [she presses a kiss to the side of his head.] I wish you'd had more time.
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he curls into her a little more.]
I hadn't told her... the full truth about me, yet. I- I was thinking about it.
[he kept that bit of distance because he thought he was starting to like her, and now it's... going to stay that way.]
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I think she would've been sweet about it.
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[that kind of hurts to think about. aughjhghghgh JAN.]