She looks over at him. "There's a lot worse than what we were doing, Rags. I worked hard to keep the drugs and traffickers out of my territory. I sheltered kids who got orphaned, and kids who the gangs wanted. Coil's other gang let all that shit happen, scared their citizens to keep people in line."
"Mm, I'm not arguing with you," he assures her. "Just wondering. Because it all just sounds awful."
He sighs. "Even now, when I know that there's shit we both have to do at home, I wish we could just go to Kaz's world, you know? You and me and him. Where weird shit happens to him but it's - it's shit that makes sense most of the time. And there's no apocalypse. There's no Queen and fae and fucking Great Paragon. Just - people doing what people do."
She squeezes his in return, and wraps her free hand over his. It's moments like this when she really wonders at how little she does miss Brian. This, somehow, is more of a comfort than anything they did.
He lets out a breath and is quiet for a long while, letting the silence stretch comfortably between them. He finally feels like a partner with her again and so he settles easily into it before he lets out a breath. "Alright, I think I've done enough moping at you today," he finally says. "Thanks...for listening."
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He sighs. "Even now, when I know that there's shit we both have to do at home, I wish we could just go to Kaz's world, you know? You and me and him. Where weird shit happens to him but it's - it's shit that makes sense most of the time. And there's no apocalypse. There's no Queen and fae and fucking Great Paragon. Just - people doing what people do."
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He does not say Tal. He can't say Tal.
"But it's nice to dream about getting away from shit, even if I don't run away from things anymore."
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"Yeah. I think about going home, and I'm just. Tired."
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"Yeah. I know."
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