[She feels like he's not really getting it, but that's probably because she's not explaining it well. It isn't just the fighting, but she doesn't know how to put the rest of it into words.]
[Shit, that didn't go great. Tucker feels like they're not meeting in the middle here. Like they're both just slightly missing each other. And now Kyna's essentially dismissing the topic. Ugh. Maybe they can revisit this later.]
Well, Harlan's deaf and he can't talk. A lot of other people died, but as far as I know, they're all coming back. Hope's still alive.
[There were a lot of people to keep track of. He's probably lost tabs on a few, but that covers the gist.]
[Though it's perhaps also not as convincing as usual.]
And, well, thankfully it's not worse. And that's probably because of you guys.
[See? You didn't die for nothing. Tucker's weirdly doubtful that this strategy will work, though. For one of the first times in his life, he can't figure out what she'd want to hear.]
[Yeah, but knowing what people don't realize themselves is supposed to be what he's good at. And he's failing pretty hard at it right now. Ugh.]
Yeah, sure.
[They can sit down longer than a second, but that goes without saying. Tucker kind of puts a hand on her shoulder to guide her into the living room proper so they can sit on the couch.]
[Tucker plops down next to her, kind of close. For support, he guesses. He wraps an arm around the back of the couch, so he can put his hand on her shoulder again.]
I don't plan on it.
[That feels lame. Try again.]
Do you... want to talk about what happened? Or would you rather just chill?
[He tries to make it sound like he's fine with either.]
I don't think so? Shit's been pretty crazy though. I feel like I've seen someone in armor when I was sneaking around, but I can't say for sure which one of those two it was. Anything that's not a Null or trying to kill me directly, I usually give a pass.
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That's not...
[She sighs, rubbing her hands over her face.]
What am I going to do? Sit inside and talk to people all day while everyone else is being fucking useful?
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It's not like you're useless whenever there isn't a giant robot war. But that's besides the point. Most of the fighting's done. It's almost over.
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I guess so. Is everyone else okay?
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Well, Harlan's deaf and he can't talk. A lot of other people died, but as far as I know, they're all coming back. Hope's still alive.
[There were a lot of people to keep track of. He's probably lost tabs on a few, but that covers the gist.]
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[She hesitates.]
That's... kind of better than I expected?
[But it still blows.]
Are you okay?
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[At the very least she should've had some faith in Tucker. Like he told Rome, he's a fucking cockroach.]
I'm fine. The Null figured me out eventually, but it wasn't too hard to sneak past 'em.
[She just means physically, right?]
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[She says it a little less convincingly than she usually would. She thought Harlan would be safe, too, and look how that turned out.]
I just thought it would be... worse. I don't know.
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[Though it's perhaps also not as convincing as usual.]
And, well, thankfully it's not worse. And that's probably because of you guys.
[See? You didn't die for nothing. Tucker's weirdly doubtful that this strategy will work, though. For one of the first times in his life, he can't figure out what she'd want to hear.]
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[Tucker likely has no idea what Kyna wants to hear because Kyna has no idea what would even make her feel better.]
Can we like... sit down or something? Just for a second.
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Yeah, sure.
[They can sit down longer than a second, but that goes without saying. Tucker kind of puts a hand on her shoulder to guide her into the living room proper so they can sit on the couch.]
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Dying really sucked. Don't do it.
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I don't plan on it.
[That feels lame. Try again.]
Do you... want to talk about what happened? Or would you rather just chill?
[He tries to make it sound like he's fine with either.]
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I don't know. There were a bunch of Null, and Lup was there, and then Wash...
[Kyna tenses. Shit. Wash.]
Something was wrong with him. Have you seen him?
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I don't think so? Shit's been pretty crazy though. I feel like I've seen someone in armor when I was sneaking around, but I can't say for sure which one of those two it was. Anything that's not a Null or trying to kill me directly, I usually give a pass.
What was wrong with him?