[He doesn't shake her off. Actually, he just shifts a tiny bit to burrow his face in her hair because everything's fucking terrible. He does turn just enough to eye the watch.]
...he told me about that thing yesterday. I hope he makes it back. We don't know what it's really like, unless Natalie or Seizaburo told you.
[He doesn't answer. "No" is the answer he has now but that's defeatist and also just because he's so strung out. His hands curl in his lap, bloodied and bruised and bandaged and he shakes his head.] It may not be tomorrow or anything, but we will find them. People can't hide forever, Xion. That's not how these things work. We just have to fight back even harder and keep playing.
[A pause.] I want you to be careful from now on. I don't know what's happening, but with what happened with the camera and how people convicted Tarvek...[He's concerned. Scared, probably. He's always a little scared when he's in uncertain situations even if he won't admit it, but without Annabeth it's a little worse.]
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...he told me about that thing yesterday. I hope he makes it back. We don't know what it's really like, unless Natalie or Seizaburo told you.
[He doesn't answer. "No" is the answer he has now but that's defeatist and also just because he's so strung out. His hands curl in his lap, bloodied and bruised and bandaged and he shakes his head.] It may not be tomorrow or anything, but we will find them. People can't hide forever, Xion. That's not how these things work. We just have to fight back even harder and keep playing.
[A pause.] I want you to be careful from now on. I don't know what's happening, but with what happened with the camera and how people convicted Tarvek...[He's concerned. Scared, probably. He's always a little scared when he's in uncertain situations even if he won't admit it, but without Annabeth it's a little worse.]