[ there's a humorless laugh at that, but it dies off when she keeps going. without hesitating, he turns his head and buries his nose in her hair, curling his arm a little tighter around her where they're nestled together. ]
All three of us, Meg. I want to see you get out of here with your life in your hands again. [ and he means it, especially with the reminder of just how they're not living, here - they're surviving. ]
All three of us, Meg. I want to see you get out of here with your life in your hands again. [ and he means it, especially with the reminder of just how they're not living, here - they're surviving. ]
[ he crinkles his nose a little, but where she can't see, and it's more about her trading one pantheon for another. ]
I'm not surprised. Our gods aren't any better than yours, in my opinion, but you'd still be welcomed by the two of us if you wanted to come. I think you'd like Zhongguo itself.
I'm not surprised. Our gods aren't any better than yours, in my opinion, but you'd still be welcomed by the two of us if you wanted to come. I think you'd like Zhongguo itself.
I'll have the vending machine give us some food from there later, when things have calmed down again. [ no matter how temporary. ]
And maybe we can go to the simulation room.
And maybe we can go to the simulation room.
[ there's a brief flicker of responding uncertainty to her hesitation, concerned, before it settles down into that strange layeredness to his emotions (the silt level of anger and misery, beneath everything, and then something dead inside) topped with warmth for meg herself, and he turns from where he's messing with the vending machine. it's a moment's break from his work on the barricade, but. ]
Of course you can.
Of course you can.
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