[ It settles weird. Something about it. Silco has always been able to redirect Jinx well enough — lack of enthusiasm was a tantrum but she'd do it anyway — but there's something to it. There's a gap they are both ignoring. Something between them that he doesn't understand, doesn't know the shape of. Is it there?
Is he ignoring it? Is he imagining it? It's nothing. It's something. It's something that he can't reach out and bridge without understanding how vast and deep it is — it doesn't exist at all. He could step over it — fall into it — with such confidence.
His lips twitch. ]
Hm.
[ A lift of his shoulders. ] We can work out details later.
[ If she breached the conversation.
He doesn't understand it. Is everything different? What happened? Why does it feel so... wrong? ]
I'd gather you would much rather dig into this right now, hm? At the very least, it is something to pass... [ A wave of his hand and a look of distaste crossed his face. ] All this spare time.
[ because it still is a game. even if they're not always playing for the same things, they're still on the same side. jinx isn't going to let anything happen to silco. even if she is the worst thing to happen to silco.
Does he know? She'd been dying in his arms. Will she be fine? Can he do anything to protect her from the danger? He can't leave her to just take it on herself — what could he even do? ]
Tell me, if you need anything. I can make a lot of things happen.
[ She doesn't need him, of course. He needs to feel like he can do something. ]
[ he fully expects that within another week everything will be jinxed. Then probably his stuff next. ]
I'll stop by later. See if everything is in order.
[ She's alive. He doesn't want to let his daughter out of his sight. He needs to. He has things that need to get done, plenty of things he's working his way through on the streets, and Kaiju resellers to swindle. Gangs to eliminate. Warehouses to burn. He has plenty of things to do.
Still. Jinx is alive. It feels like it's something he's not supposed to have proof of. It still feels fake, like a lie. It's not, it is, it can't be.
He goes, because Jinx probably needs to work, but it also feels so vast, that fissure. A problem to solve, maybe. Suss out why it is there. ]
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Is he ignoring it? Is he imagining it? It's nothing. It's something. It's something that he can't reach out and bridge without understanding how vast and deep it is — it doesn't exist at all. He could step over it — fall into it — with such confidence.
His lips twitch. ]
Hm.
[ A lift of his shoulders. ] We can work out details later.
[ If she breached the conversation.
He doesn't understand it. Is everything different? What happened? Why does it feel so... wrong? ]
I'd gather you would much rather dig into this right now, hm? At the very least, it is something to pass... [ A wave of his hand and a look of distaste crossed his face. ] All this spare time.
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[ because it still is a game. even if they're not always playing for the same things, they're still on the same side. jinx isn't going to let anything happen to silco. even if she is the worst thing to happen to silco.
that's fun to chew on. chew chew. eat it away.
she elbows him lightly. ]
I'll be fine. Thanks for this.
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[ He rubs at his side.
Does he know? She'd been dying in his arms. Will she be fine? Can he do anything to protect her from the danger? He can't leave her to just take it on herself — what could he even do? ]
Tell me, if you need anything. I can make a lot of things happen.
[ She doesn't need him, of course. He needs to feel like he can do something. ]
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Yeah, yeah. You have all the sugar.
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Hm, and only a few people really know that's the case. [ Predictable! In the words of Kaladin: Silco is Silco. ] Better it go to a good cause, hm?
[ Good cause: Jinx ]
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[ she twirls a wrench she had plucked from the pile. got to jinxify it later but that's fine. fine. fine. fine. ]
🎀 just in time for event!!!!!!!!!!
I'll stop by later. See if everything is in order.
[ She's alive. He doesn't want to let his daughter out of his sight. He needs to. He has things that need to get done, plenty of things he's working his way through on the streets, and Kaiju resellers to swindle. Gangs to eliminate. Warehouses to burn. He has plenty of things to do.
Still. Jinx is alive. It feels like it's something he's not supposed to have proof of. It still feels fake, like a lie. It's not, it is, it can't be.
He goes, because Jinx probably needs to work, but it also feels so vast, that fissure. A problem to solve, maybe. Suss out why it is there. ]