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[personal profile] chevaliered 2022-03-18 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[ he raises a hand, and extends one finger: ]

You just told me you couldn't run away. That because you couldn't due to circumstance, or because you couldn't because of who you are and what you want?

... Fighting's not something you can mess up. One wrong move and you die, and there's not really anything I can say to sugar coat that. But running away doesn't guarantee your safety either. It's better to know how to look at the two options and pick one. Fighting's something you can work on, so the hesitation isn't so all-consuming, if you're not used to it.

[ ... ]

It... yeah. It is, huh? Some people can't stop thinking about it. But there are just as many, maybe more who don't think about it and just face it when it finally finds them.

Give me your hand a second, Meteion.
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[personal profile] meteion 2022-03-19 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't made for... confrontation, so I would have but.. All I could think of was, staying to the mission.

[ she's quiet for everything else but, she's listening. she's taking in what he's saying. but at the ask of her hand, she tilts her head a little. ]

Okay.. [ and holds it out, it's lightly bandaged but it's fine. ]
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[personal profile] chevaliered 2022-03-19 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ he pinches her wrist, somewhere uninjured. not hard, like it’s going to hurt, but enough that it can be felt. ]

Feel that? You’re alive, and you’re here. All three of you are.