[ Well, okay. She can go for that deal. She doesn't actually feel a deep desire to listen to him cry, she just really doesn't want him to be alone either. She doesn't want to be alone, he shouldn't be alone, she's not okay with either of those things happening.
It's funny he thinks that, given how far he managed to fix it previously without even trying. But she's not quite that thoroughly broken - she has plenty of fight in her left for the day to day difficulties. It's just that if this was false, turned out now to be nothing more than a trap, that would be too much of a blow. Her strength is already quite sapped, she doesn't have the resilience to handle a loss quite that extreme. So no more fighting back, right now.
She can hear that in his voice, shakes her head against him just a little bit before she changes it to a nod instead, lets him set her down and resolutely doesn't try to hold onto him instead no matter how much she wants to. The idea of him seeing the results of his scans isn't actually an appealing one given that she's fairly certain they're going to make him quite angry, but it's necessary. ] I believe you.
wow look at all this sympathy you have for me
It's funny he thinks that, given how far he managed to fix it previously without even trying. But she's not quite that thoroughly broken - she has plenty of fight in her left for the day to day difficulties. It's just that if this was false, turned out now to be nothing more than a trap, that would be too much of a blow. Her strength is already quite sapped, she doesn't have the resilience to handle a loss quite that extreme. So no more fighting back, right now.
She can hear that in his voice, shakes her head against him just a little bit before she changes it to a nod instead, lets him set her down and resolutely doesn't try to hold onto him instead no matter how much she wants to. The idea of him seeing the results of his scans isn't actually an appealing one given that she's fairly certain they're going to make him quite angry, but it's necessary. ] I believe you.