[ she appreciates it. she probably would've left him alone if he didn't want her around, but since he invites her, she heads in. drops down next to him, a little cautious. she really does not want to inflict her memories on anybody - not that she's ashamed of anything, just. she knows it's a lot. ]
You doing okay, Boss? Yesterday was a hell of a thing.
[Lio has been inflicting his memories on people all damn day! All! Damn! Day! And honestly, he starts to warn her as she gets closer that apparently his memory share has a hair trigger, but there's not much point. Go ahead. Let's revisit some trauma?
[I don't know if she'll notice with that much information coming at once, but the two guys at the end of the memory - they also call him Boss. He . . . can't really look her in the face if she starts to tear up. He only knows how to cry if he's in the form of a giant dragon made of flame.]
[ she doesn't cry, at least. she takes a deep breath. pushes the tears away, and thinks about what she wants to say, for once. it was a lot of information, but she did catch that Boss in there. ]
I don't think there was a lot you could do. It's fucking hard to take care of that many people. You did the best you could.
[They are kind words, and as often as Lio tries to tell other people that they can't carry the burden of guilt, he is not exactly prone to taking his own advice. Looking away.]
I am-- was, the Leader of Mad Burnish. I had to do better.
I think if you asked any of your people that, they'd get mad. All I saw was a few minutes and I could tell the two of them love you. They'd help you carry it if you'd let them.
[ she really just - wants to hold, like always, like she has been with the others here when they get upset, but she's unsure if it'll help. carefully, she reaches to rest her hand on his back. ]
[He appreciates it. He's still strung tight, but he doesn't move away from it.]
The Mad Burnish . . . we do not always last long. We burn as hard as we can, fight while we are able. The leaders are captured often, into the Foundation's prisons, and do not return.
You guys burn real bright real fast. [ she keeps her hand where it is, then. ] I wish I knew how to help. They're just people. Scared people. Being hunted down like animals is fucked up, I don't...
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You doing okay, Boss? Yesterday was a hell of a thing.
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[Lio has been inflicting his memories on people all damn day! All! Damn! Day! And honestly, he starts to warn her as she gets closer that apparently his memory share has a hair trigger, but there's not much point. Go ahead. Let's revisit some trauma?
You've seen the movie, so I've provided a MOOD BOARD. It's . . . not a great time?
. . . Hm!]
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when the memory ends, she looks - stricken, maybe more than she thought she would be. she just. sits down. ]
Fuck. [ the heat behind her eyes burns, and her vision is blurry before she blinks it away. ] Lio.
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. . . It was my fault. I had to be smarter.
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I don't think there was a lot you could do. It's fucking hard to take care of that many people. You did the best you could.
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I am-- was, the Leader of Mad Burnish. I had to do better.
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Weren't you the one who told me not to do that, before?
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And I meant that. But as leader of the Mad Burnish, it is mine to carry. No one else is left to.
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[He curls his arms around himself a bit.]
I don't even know if they're still alive. That is the last time I saw them.
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You can't torture yourself. They're capable, man. I'm sure they're okay.
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The Mad Burnish . . . we do not always last long. We burn as hard as we can, fight while we are able. The leaders are captured often, into the Foundation's prisons, and do not return.
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You guys burn real bright real fast. [ she keeps her hand where it is, then. ] I wish I knew how to help. They're just people. Scared people. Being hunted down like animals is fucked up, I don't...
I'm sorry, Boss.