[ He's grateful when she doesn't argue. Even so, watching her hurry off with Asami is difficult. He wants to stay close, in case anything goes wrong. It's his only anchor. But necessity trumps any and all protective sentiment. There was no reason to linger here and every reason not to. ]
[ He only hopes -- watching her and Asami safely clear the melee, two dark heads swishing past the entrance -- that she understands he is there for her and her alone, fighting only so she can fight, existing here only so she can exist. ]
[ Then he is running the other direction, blades and wires ready, plunging into the heart of the battle, the roar deafening him even as the hot surf of adrenaline provides the Reaper a clear path to the surface. ]
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Date: 2014-08-27 11:40 pm (UTC)[ He only hopes -- watching her and Asami safely clear the melee, two dark heads swishing past the entrance -- that she understands he is there for her and her alone, fighting only so she can fight, existing here only so she can exist. ]
[ Then he is running the other direction, blades and wires ready, plunging into the heart of the battle, the roar deafening him even as the hot surf of adrenaline provides the Reaper a clear path to the surface. ]