( the muscle in his jaw ticks. something about the thought rankles ㅡ or maybe he's still processing what "lovesick" means for someone like him. how it all connects. )
Okay.
( because that means it's probably not going to poison him.
[ even before darcy had gone, they were different. bent to the kossian ideology, to the siren song of a way to survive in this hard world. lost to mavis even before they left.
kaito is different, she thinks. she thinks. in ways that are good and in ways that are simply different and in ways that she doesn't want to lose. ]
[ she doesn't reply. somehow, his message doesn't feel reassuring — it leaves the implication on the table that if there were somewhere to take him, that might be a different conversation. and if she and kaito get their way, there will be.
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Okay.
( because that means it's probably not going to poison him.
probably. )
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There's nowhere to take him.
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[ even before darcy had gone, they were different. bent to the kossian ideology, to the siren song of a way to survive in this hard world. lost to mavis even before they left.
kaito is different, she thinks. she thinks. in ways that are good and in ways that are simply different and in ways that she doesn't want to lose. ]
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you made darcy think differently
act differently
even before they left
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We could offer them that.
Security.
They made the choice to leave with us.
Nobody was forced.
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you have me
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( that doesn't rule out other possibilities, but for the moment, he's not interested in arguing. she's right: he does have her. )
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provided a way out does exist. ]