Don't apologize. He'd have found out one way or another.
[ he'd dreamt about it sometimes. not killing south -- he dreamed about that plenty, another guilt-driven memory he can never quite rid himself of. but especially back then he'd he'd have the occasional nightmare, north alive somehow, a threatening voice in his ear, i know what you did -- ]
I'll handle it.
What about you?
[ he's asking partially just to distract himself -- there's not that much he can do about what north has just found out, nothing he can do to change it -- but also because south doesn't exactly sound great, and talking to her brother about her own death he imagines would've gone poorly in more ways than just this. ]
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[ he'd dreamt about it sometimes. not killing south -- he dreamed about that plenty, another guilt-driven memory he can never quite rid himself of. but especially back then he'd he'd have the occasional nightmare, north alive somehow, a threatening voice in his ear, i know what you did -- ]
I'll handle it.
What about you?
[ he's asking partially just to distract himself -- there's not that much he can do about what north has just found out, nothing he can do to change it -- but also because south doesn't exactly sound great, and talking to her brother about her own death he imagines would've gone poorly in more ways than just this. ]
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i guess. still, though. there's better ways.
i'm fine. i can handle my side
[ She is not fine. ]
i knew he'd freak whenever i told him. he's protective
[ Tell the man something he doesn't know. It's not like North's 'take bullets for her' levels of protectiveness in the Project were subtle. ]
i just also made the mistake of telling him i can't exactly blame you for taking the shot by that point. he overreacted