[Jo nods once, because she won't argue that. She knows what happened, in detail, and there's no excusing it-- but that doesn't mean she can't understand it.]
But the kind of place you both come from, the kind of trouble he thought you were in-- it's not really much of a stretch for either one of us to put ourselves in his shoes.
[Not just because they care about Ellie, either, though that's a big part of it. The worlds they come from, the things they've been through back home, they both know how it feels when the people you love are in danger. You panic, and you do whatever it takes.]
You're important to us. So that means the things that matter to you? Matter to us, too.
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[Jo nods once, because she won't argue that. She knows what happened, in detail, and there's no excusing it-- but that doesn't mean she can't understand it.]
But the kind of place you both come from, the kind of trouble he thought you were in-- it's not really much of a stretch for either one of us to put ourselves in his shoes.
[Not just because they care about Ellie, either, though that's a big part of it. The worlds they come from, the things they've been through back home, they both know how it feels when the people you love are in danger. You panic, and you do whatever it takes.]
You're important to us. So that means the things that matter to you? Matter to us, too.