[ Does he have to fight her for the drink?! He sighs, laughing softly because yeah, something did totally happen. ]
I guess there's no way to gloss over that, is there?
[ He doesn't want to downplay the gravity of her near-death, and the effect it had on both of them moving forward, but he also doesn't want to dramatize it too much either. ]
... Would it be easier to show you?
[ It's not something he will ever offer to anyone else, but he owes Lightning for the memories he got to look at in Selenium. In a way, it will bring them a little closer. There is a practical reason for it, too, and a very important one at that.
If Lightning is to protect anyone from Cinder and he's no longer around do it himself, then she needs to know what the woman looks like. ]
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I guess there's no way to gloss over that, is there?
[ He doesn't want to downplay the gravity of her near-death, and the effect it had on both of them moving forward, but he also doesn't want to dramatize it too much either. ]
... Would it be easier to show you?
[ It's not something he will ever offer to anyone else, but he owes Lightning for the memories he got to look at in Selenium. In a way, it will bring them a little closer. There is a practical reason for it, too, and a very important one at that.
If Lightning is to protect anyone from Cinder and he's no longer around do it himself, then she needs to know what the woman looks like. ]