He didn't look bad. He didn't exactly look good - but she didn't expect him too, fresh off a planet of dead men that had all looked like him. The ship could follow its own course for a while and the proximity alerts would tell her if there was anything unexpected before it got to them so she let her entire attention focus on the man with her.
And her heart broke a bit for him at the end of it.
She hummed to show she'd heard, and then she reached up and stripped off one of her gloves. In the small cockpit they weren't that far apart and she held out her hand for him again.
"It's real. I know things will be strange for quite some time and sometimes you may wake up, or turn around, and things won't seem real. Or - not real enough. But I'm going to be there. Easy to find. Anytime you need to remember. And I will tell you as many times as you want that this is real. This is now. You're with us. I promise, all right? Anytime you need. All you ever have to do is come find me. Okay?"
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And her heart broke a bit for him at the end of it.
She hummed to show she'd heard, and then she reached up and stripped off one of her gloves. In the small cockpit they weren't that far apart and she held out her hand for him again.
"It's real. I know things will be strange for quite some time and sometimes you may wake up, or turn around, and things won't seem real. Or - not real enough. But I'm going to be there. Easy to find. Anytime you need to remember. And I will tell you as many times as you want that this is real. This is now. You're with us. I promise, all right? Anytime you need. All you ever have to do is come find me. Okay?"