[ he lifts a hand, bandaged and kind of just. wipes at his eyes a little bit. ]
What happened afterwards with Malik... I am glad that you're still alive. [ he's trying not to think about how perhaps, if he were dead, it wouldn't have happened. he's trying to find ways to silently blame himself after all of the whispering. his shoulders slump. ] I don't know what I would have done if you had...
Of course. You're a dear friend to me, Percy... I wouldn't just give up on you.
[he has to be okay now. he has to. she wishes, briefly, for another gumball that could put an end to refractions - if she had one, she would use it on him in a heartbeat, just to give him peace of mind.
she believes in him. but knowing him the way she does, she thinks it may be a longer process for him to believe in himself.]
...and I wouldn't just let myself die like that, either. I didn't expect... the way that turned out...
[she might have expected a certain amount of lashing out just because - well - it's malik, but. she wasn't expecting to get her throat impaled by those claws.]
...but I want to survive. I want to live through this, with you and the others.
[so she'd immediately set to spot bandaging her own wounds with scraps of fabric cut from her skirt even though i, britt, would have thought it would be funny to send her to the graveyard.]
Right... [ he reaches forward gently. just. pauses and then carefully takes her hands in his own for a moment. ] You're strong, Jiuqing... truly... today.
[ and he gives pause. his brows knit. he's stuck. ]
I wanted to thank you... for never giving up on me. For believing I was me until the end. And even now. We will... we'll see this through. I'm going to keep my promise as long as I am able.
[when he pauses, she gives his hands a gentle, encouraging squeeze, but stays quiet. it's alright if he needs a moment or two to find the words.
when he finds them, and speaks again, she smiles at him.]
...you wouldn't have given up on me.
[she knows he wouldn't have. so, how could she ever give up on him? it had been him, who'd confessed to save vax from suspicion. and it was him again, who pulled vax out of that pool of blood. even under the influence of the refractions, percy himself had never been erased.
he'd always been there, waiting to find some chance to claw his way back to the surface.
now he's here, and there's no way they're going to let him go again.]
I believe you. [he won't break his promise.] We'll definitely make it out of this.
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[ he lifts a hand, bandaged and kind of just. wipes at his eyes a little bit. ]
What happened afterwards with Malik... I am glad that you're still alive. [ he's trying not to think about how perhaps, if he were dead, it wouldn't have happened. he's trying to find ways to silently blame himself after all of the whispering. his shoulders slump. ] I don't know what I would have done if you had...
[ he shakes his head. ]
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[he has to be okay now. he has to. she wishes, briefly, for another gumball that could put an end to refractions - if she had one, she would use it on him in a heartbeat, just to give him peace of mind.
she believes in him. but knowing him the way she does, she thinks it may be a longer process for him to believe in himself.]
...and I wouldn't just let myself die like that, either. I didn't expect... the way that turned out...
[she might have expected a certain amount of lashing out just because - well - it's malik, but. she wasn't expecting to get her throat impaled by those claws.]
...but I want to survive. I want to live through this, with you and the others.
[so she'd immediately set to spot bandaging her own wounds with scraps of fabric cut from her skirt even though i, britt, would have thought it would be funny to send her to the graveyard.]
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Right... [ he reaches forward gently. just. pauses and then carefully takes her hands in his own for a moment. ] You're strong, Jiuqing... truly... today.
[ and he gives pause. his brows knit. he's stuck. ]
I wanted to thank you... for never giving up on me. For believing I was me until the end. And even now. We will... we'll see this through. I'm going to keep my promise as long as I am able.
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when he finds them, and speaks again, she smiles at him.]
...you wouldn't have given up on me.
[she knows he wouldn't have. so, how could she ever give up on him? it had been him, who'd confessed to save vax from suspicion. and it was him again, who pulled vax out of that pool of blood. even under the influence of the refractions, percy himself had never been erased.
he'd always been there, waiting to find some chance to claw his way back to the surface.
now he's here, and there's no way they're going to let him go again.]
I believe you. [he won't break his promise.] We'll definitely make it out of this.
[...]
Together. All of us.