[It's a strange and uncomfortable dichotomy, talking about his least favorite person to his favorite. He hates it, hates it, that even after all of these months, and after how many years before that, Jack still has this power over her. The fact that he can still make her question, still make her hope, when there's nothing left to question and no hope left to be had, has Krieg seeing red. He wants to rant and rage - she doesn't deserve this, she deserves better than this. How can she move forward when Jack refuses to stop dragging her back?
He focuses on the slight weight of her slender form, pressed snug and close against him, and on the pressure of her two small, delicate hands holding carefully to his large, calloused one. Screaming and shouting won't do any good, here; there's no one to scream and shout at. He takes a long, deep breath and lets it out slowly, letting his gaze drift downward to their joined hands.]
No.
[It's natural to want your family, isn't it? He's pretty sure it is. That doesn't make anyone bad, it just makes them human.
He curls his fingers - carefully - around hers, applying the lightest pressure in response to her tight squeeze.]
...But you deserve better.
[Better than slavery and abuse, gaslighting and manipulation and imprisonment and slag and starvation.]
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He focuses on the slight weight of her slender form, pressed snug and close against him, and on the pressure of her two small, delicate hands holding carefully to his large, calloused one. Screaming and shouting won't do any good, here; there's no one to scream and shout at. He takes a long, deep breath and lets it out slowly, letting his gaze drift downward to their joined hands.]
No.
[It's natural to want your family, isn't it? He's pretty sure it is. That doesn't make anyone bad, it just makes them human.
He curls his fingers - carefully - around hers, applying the lightest pressure in response to her tight squeeze.]
...But you deserve better.
[Better than slavery and abuse, gaslighting and manipulation and imprisonment and slag and starvation.]