[ but maybe that's just. what it is. he's done a lot less than he could have to settle in here -- and in some ways, a lot less than he should have. stubbornness. refusing to think that this really is what things are. the idea that somehow there was a way out. and he wants to ask, starts to ask if she thinks they're stuck here, if this is all there is, but.
wash has something to go back to. south -- kind of does, but it might be going back to a bullet from the end of his pistol, depending on what going back entails. and north, and york, well. ]
-- But I guess that might be what it is. [ a sigh, rubbing his hand over his face. slowly, he pushes himself upright, taking a few moments to stretch himself out a little before he turns around and offers a hand to help her up. ] Come on. We've been out here a while.
[ But it is what it is even if she hates it. She’ll always resent the universe for dragging her away from the one chance to go home and not face a damn bullet, the chance to go home and live with Wash and Carolina and their weirdo friends, but she can’t do fuck shit about it.
She’ll live. She has some people here, at least, even now. Ducky and apparently Wash, mostly, but it’s— it’s something. It’s being alive and not totally alone. ]
But here we fuckin’ are.
[ She takes the hand when it’s offered, after only the slightest moment of instinctual hesitation. Stretches her arms above her head after she’s on her feet and leans against the wall for a moment to test her leg, but she’s fine, now. They’ve been sat down long enough it doesn’t hurt anymore. ]
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not me saying i wanted to finish this cleanly and then PROMPTLY FORGETTING
[ but maybe that's just. what it is. he's done a lot less than he could have to settle in here -- and in some ways, a lot less than he should have. stubbornness. refusing to think that this really is what things are. the idea that somehow there was a way out. and he wants to ask, starts to ask if she thinks they're stuck here, if this is all there is, but.
wash has something to go back to. south -- kind of does, but it might be going back to a bullet from the end of his pistol, depending on what going back entails. and north, and york, well. ]
-- But I guess that might be what it is. [ a sigh, rubbing his hand over his face. slowly, he pushes himself upright, taking a few moments to stretch himself out a little before he turns around and offers a hand to help her up. ] Come on. We've been out here a while.
Relatable
Yeah. You and me both.
[ But it is what it is even if she hates it. She’ll always resent the universe for dragging her away from the one chance to go home and not face a damn bullet, the chance to go home and live with Wash and Carolina and their weirdo friends, but she can’t do fuck shit about it.
She’ll live. She has some people here, at least, even now. Ducky and apparently Wash, mostly, but it’s— it’s something. It’s being alive and not totally alone. ]
But here we fuckin’ are.
[ She takes the hand when it’s offered, after only the slightest moment of instinctual hesitation. Stretches her arms above her head after she’s on her feet and leans against the wall for a moment to test her leg, but she’s fine, now. They’ve been sat down long enough it doesn’t hurt anymore. ]
…thanks.