[ well. if she'll allow it, he's going to put his arm around her shoulders and give her a little comforting squeeze. ]
... I don't even want to go into how much worse this could be, Prim. I'm just glad it wasn't -- [ y'know. all of them lining up to deal with injuries after taking down a metal man for killing a god. ]
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Would that we could meet in brighter circumstances.
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... I don't even want to go into how much worse this could be, Prim. I'm just glad it wasn't -- [ y'know. all of them lining up to deal with injuries after taking down a metal man for killing a god. ]
The other way around.
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He would not have made it a foot past the door.
[ Because everyone literally would have piled on him, Primrose included. ]
But I'm similarly glad that if nothing else, he is gone and she is still with us.
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Good.
[ there's something very hard in his voice, but it softens a bit when he says the next part. ]
Yeah. Me too. It might be a week late, but... we found someone who killed.
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[ Which is fine. ]
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[ it doesn't bring back beau or tamaki, but it's something. ]
Maybe we'll get some time off for good behaviour next week instead.
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[ He may not see her lift an eyebrow, but she's lifting it. ]
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Boulder, hill, difficult to stop it once it's started rolling.
[ he sighs. ]
I kind of wish I did believe it though.
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[ Because yeah, she totally can't. ]
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