He says before he can let himself think about. The way he shoots, runs and jumps. The proper response and the honest one. Not that he would lie to Cath. Evade things, now and then. But he wouldn't have mentioned being gone at all if be was doing that.
But an ending deserves a beginning. Just as short and sharp and true to the point. If his voice gets thicker with unspoken words without his even meaning for it to happen.
"--chasing down Shelburne." Beat. A flick in his expression. "Doris."
It's still almost easier to compartment those as two. Two different people until two days ago. Shelburne who was the reason his mother died, his father was killed, his sister was kidnapped, he was tortured. The person who terrified Wo Fat. Somehow known by Joe. Sideways connect to Nosimuri.
And. Then, Doris. His mother. Who had been alive on the other side of a door.
Who didn't simply start the boulder rolling in an explosion, but with a choice and walking away.
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Date: 2013-01-18 06:39 pm (UTC)He says before he can let himself think about. The way he shoots, runs and jumps. The proper response and the honest one. Not that he would lie to Cath. Evade things, now and then. But he wouldn't have mentioned being gone at all if be was doing that.
But an ending deserves a beginning. Just as short and sharp and true to the point. If his voice gets thicker with unspoken words without his even meaning for it to happen.
"--chasing down Shelburne." Beat. A flick in his expression. "Doris."
It's still almost easier to compartment those as two. Two different people until two days ago. Shelburne who was the reason his mother died, his father was killed, his sister was kidnapped, he was tortured. The person who terrified Wo Fat. Somehow known by Joe. Sideways connect to Nosimuri.
And. Then, Doris. His mother. Who had been alive on the other side of a door.
Who didn't simply start the boulder rolling in an explosion, but with a choice and walking away.