[ Definitely dulled; her eyes even flicker to his tousled and unbuttoned shirt that clashes so terrible with his PJ pants, and then back to his face with a look that can only be given from a sassy teenager who is having a real hard time taking an adult seriously. Maybe she should've let him get changed.
She gives a long sigh though because she knows how crazy it sounds; hadn't she said as much to Reaper when they'd talked about her instability? She got how bad an idea it was, and yet... ]
I know it's stupid. But he - we - [ Every way she thinks of explaining it sounds terrible in her head which means it will definitely sound worse out loud. ] After he and I came back, I just wanted to know why he did it. I don't know that I ever got a real answer, but we sort of - we ended up talking about some shit we had in common and since then, he's been... Different? Like he told me how to avoid getting shot by someone and he saved my life in the tunnels and he talked me through a panic attack I had after I saw those - those things - k-kill Keith and --
[ She cuts herself off and rubs her hands on her jeans a little roughly, trying to use the texture to stop herself from getting too caught up in all the memories that want to replay in her head. ]
If he wanted to kill me again, he's had tons of opportunities. But he hasn't and I don't think he will. Why would he want to teach me how to survive in this place if he was going to shoot me again?
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She gives a long sigh though because she knows how crazy it sounds; hadn't she said as much to Reaper when they'd talked about her instability? She got how bad an idea it was, and yet... ]
I know it's stupid. But he - we - [ Every way she thinks of explaining it sounds terrible in her head which means it will definitely sound worse out loud. ] After he and I came back, I just wanted to know why he did it. I don't know that I ever got a real answer, but we sort of - we ended up talking about some shit we had in common and since then, he's been... Different? Like he told me how to avoid getting shot by someone and he saved my life in the tunnels and he talked me through a panic attack I had after I saw those - those things - k-kill Keith and --
[ She cuts herself off and rubs her hands on her jeans a little roughly, trying to use the texture to stop herself from getting too caught up in all the memories that want to replay in her head. ]
If he wanted to kill me again, he's had tons of opportunities. But he hasn't and I don't think he will. Why would he want to teach me how to survive in this place if he was going to shoot me again?