but then there's another gust of wind that brings a memory with it, and once this one subsides, there's a dark cloud of smoke rising from kate's head. ]
No I'm kidding. It's startling to see Lavi again--a man he knows in a situation he doesn't recognize, and one that seems so much more serious than his own ever was. But more than that, he's wrapped up in this exchange from Kate's perspective--the fear, the guilt, the helplessness. It makes his heart ache, seeing her suffer, knowing that it can't be changed.
When it ends, he doesn't say anything right away. All he does is kneel down and wrap her in a warm hug.]
[He strokes her hair gently, uncaring, as usual, of the soot that might get on his clothes. He lets her rest for a little while, and then, softly but firmly--]
We won't let them take your ending away. [He never intended to allow that to begin with, but especially not when she suffered so terribly for it.]
Mm. I'm not surprised--he's a good guy. [He even liked Scaramouche and Chandra... why did he do that... Lavi...] I never did think he belonged in hell with us.
[WHAT COULD LAVI'S SIN HAVE POSSIBLY EVEN BEEN. TOO MUCH TIME IN CHAIR?]
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[ taken from him. she's sure--
but then there's another gust of wind that brings a memory with it, and once this one subsides, there's a dark cloud of smoke rising from kate's head. ]
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No I'm kidding. It's startling to see Lavi again--a man he knows in a situation he doesn't recognize, and one that seems so much more serious than his own ever was. But more than that, he's wrapped up in this exchange from Kate's perspective--the fear, the guilt, the helplessness. It makes his heart ache, seeing her suffer, knowing that it can't be changed.
When it ends, he doesn't say anything right away. All he does is kneel down and wrap her in a warm hug.]
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she lets him hug her, and leans into him. after a moment, there's tiny shudder, but she doesn't make a sound. ]
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We won't let them take your ending away. [He never intended to allow that to begin with, but especially not when she suffered so terribly for it.]
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he can probably feel her head move in a single nod. ]
... Lavi had every reason to turn his back on me, and he didn't. I'll never forget that.
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[WHAT COULD LAVI'S SIN HAVE POSSIBLY EVEN BEEN. TOO MUCH TIME IN CHAIR?]