( perhaps. perhaps asking for a simple favor would do the trick, but in his experience people usually don't give up their lives for priorities that are not their own. wherein lies the conundrum: despite their common enemy, priorities do not always align. he needs someone who is interested in fulfilling his own —
so yes, that is how it will go. it's not the root of this problem that even he doesn't, or doesn't want to, admit.
he stills at her words. his brush hovers in the air and his heart drops to his stomach. he thinks of saving claire. the nightmare of illusions; elijah's face. seeing hope. holding clementine. he answers, his voice flat, because if he waits another moment too long it will be apparent.
it is already apparent. ) You'll have to be more specific. Many things happened. ( he half-turns back to her, his face in profile, and dares to let his eyes find hers: because he wants to tell her. because he knows too he is difficult, because the strain in her voice pulls at his heart and she hasn't come here with anything but hurt and love. beneath the deafening roar of his emotions now quieted, he knows this. )
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so yes, that is how it will go. it's not the root of this problem that even he doesn't, or doesn't want to, admit.
he stills at her words. his brush hovers in the air and his heart drops to his stomach. he thinks of saving claire. the nightmare of illusions; elijah's face. seeing hope. holding clementine. he answers, his voice flat, because if he waits another moment too long it will be apparent.
it is already apparent. ) You'll have to be more specific. Many things happened. ( he half-turns back to her, his face in profile, and dares to let his eyes find hers: because he wants to tell her. because he knows too he is difficult, because the strain in her voice pulls at his heart and she hasn't come here with anything but hurt and love. beneath the deafening roar of his emotions now quieted, he knows this. )