karlach [pcs]

[cumulative]

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[ablazement]

I know. I did too.

[she'd said the same thing to gale the other day. she just wanted one person to be safe. especially this one. especially camille, who had never been safe in her entire life.]

You won't have your power? Why? [she'll ask that first - she doesn't want to think too hard about tomi because every time she does she spirals a little about how she couldn't help him,]

[cumulative]

... because of Camille.

[he admits, quietly.]

Someone had killed her, and left her to be found like that, and said nothing about it. I assumed that they were avoiding taking any responsibility and facing what they had done.

So I used it to try to find out who.

[ablazement]

[i don't remember if he told her what his power does]

... I don't think they were avoiding taking responsibility. [she says, finally.] It's a tricky topic.

[cumulative]

[he did tell her, he can spy on a conversation someone had.]

I... I know that it is. It's all right.

It worked.

[ablazement]

[right yes okay i thought that's what it was]

Yeah. [big, big sigh. she tugs him a little closer, resting her head against his.] Doesn't make it feel better.

[cumulative]

No. I don't think that anything would have.

[he rests against her as easily as ever, comfortable there.]

[ablazement]

[she's silent for a bit, just thinking, and then:]

... D'you think it's hopeless here, Mathis? In this place.

[cumulative]

I don't want to think that it is.

[he says after a moment, quietly.]

I want to believe that we're going to make it, and that how much we've been hurt here won't... be for nothing, in the end.

I've met people who I love, here. Whether they all feel similarly or not... I don't want to think there's no hope for us.

[ablazement]

[she closes her eyes, nosing at his hair.]

I like to hear that. I really do. [it's a bit of a relief.] I'm with you. I don't think it'll have been for nothing. Time we spent here was important.