[Smug is an overstatement, sir. Rather, an ego that's taken more than its fair share of beatings over the past year has been given a bit of a boost. After everything she's lost, all the ways she's failed, all the people who have made her feel inadequate... she's still not completely helpless.
She looks up as he comes back to their little camp, a faint smile playing around her lips, and it's like she's finally, really registering that he's here. He's not some figment of her desperate imagination; somehow, after ten months, across several continents, he found her.]
Nice catch. I'll skin it if you light the fire.
[Such weirdly banal words for a miraculous reunion.]
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Date: 2014-05-16 12:51 am (UTC)She looks up as he comes back to their little camp, a faint smile playing around her lips, and it's like she's finally, really registering that he's here. He's not some figment of her desperate imagination; somehow, after ten months, across several continents, he found her.]
Nice catch. I'll skin it if you light the fire.
[Such weirdly banal words for a miraculous reunion.]