It helps to just think of getting involved with this to be more about helping a friend with a (grim) task he’s been given, rather than the broader implications of being complicit in kicking the hornet’s nest of the simmering war into action. And she kind of hates that she even wants to rationalize it like that—it’s stupid and cowardly when she’s undeniably getting involved—but it at least makes it make more sense in the current moment.
He says he needs her on board, so she will be. It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that, even if it really is. His searching gaze finds hers meeting him with unfaltering determination. The crease of her brows might speak of a little bit of conflicted feeling, but she’s not gonna let him go into this mess totally alone.]
Less people getting hurt is all I’m asking for. [Foolish and idealistic as it feels to say it out loud, but it’s the truth. Things might be ramping up around here, but they didn’t need to make it other people’s problem until absolutely necessary.] If I head back out to Springstar again before this all goes off, I’ll… scout around, make sure I know where everything’s at.
[She’s really gotta fall back into her old mercenary mindset to square this all, at least until it’s off the ground. Then… well, there’s no turning back.]
So if you need a distraction to keep attention away, then I can be real good at causing a scene.
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It helps to just think of getting involved with this to be more about helping a friend with a (grim) task he’s been given, rather than the broader implications of being complicit in kicking the hornet’s nest of the simmering war into action. And she kind of hates that she even wants to rationalize it like that—it’s stupid and cowardly when she’s undeniably getting involved—but it at least makes it make more sense in the current moment.
He says he needs her on board, so she will be. It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that, even if it really is. His searching gaze finds hers meeting him with unfaltering determination. The crease of her brows might speak of a little bit of conflicted feeling, but she’s not gonna let him go into this mess totally alone.]
Less people getting hurt is all I’m asking for. [Foolish and idealistic as it feels to say it out loud, but it’s the truth. Things might be ramping up around here, but they didn’t need to make it other people’s problem until absolutely necessary.] If I head back out to Springstar again before this all goes off, I’ll… scout around, make sure I know where everything’s at.
[She’s really gotta fall back into her old mercenary mindset to square this all, at least until it’s off the ground. Then… well, there’s no turning back.]
So if you need a distraction to keep attention away, then I can be real good at causing a scene.