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Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane ([personal profile] headspacedad) wrote in [community profile] abstractborders 2018-07-16 02:16 pm (UTC)

He makes room for her when she sits down next to him even if she doesn't really take up much room that he needs to clear. Its more the motions of it, to show her that there's a place for her with him whenever she needs it. Or wants it. Quiet he listens as she stumbles through her explanation. And his heart hurts.

She shouldn't be carrying all that weight. None of them should. They're supposed to still be in school, learning the principles of flight and dreaming of missions.

Not fighting a war. Watching their friends and teammates get hurt and -

killed.

He swallows and lifts his remaining hand to rest it on her slim shoulder.

"And I should have pushed harder, fought until I made contact with everyone to warn them. Katie - I won't tell you how to feel. We all have things we wish we'd done differently. But I'm here now. Kuron's free of Haggar's control. We lost the castle but not each other or the lions. All we can do is take what we have, where we are, and keep going." Gentle his hand squeezed her shoulder and didn't fall away. "If you want to work on my arm - thank you. I feel - a little lost, with just the ruins of it hanging there." Useless was the actual word. He felt useless. But lost would have to do as the stand in word. "But I want you to understand - none of us can be everything. Sometimes we're all going to misstep. That's why we're here for each other. To help balance each other out. I try to be that for all of you - and I count on all of you to help me too, okay? Haggar got in under our defenses because we weren't watching for her. We won't make that mistake again. We know to watch for her now. And next time - we'll take her down."

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