[He coughs and slumps, drinking air greedily as he tries to parse through his doubt. No, he is sure she would send — someone. Maybe not a large force, but someone would come.
No. They wouldn’t. That was why he refused to stand with them in the first place, wasn’t it?
He swallows the urge to breathe faster, now looking anywhere but at Kira. The twist forms a knot.]
Maybe.
[He didn’t believe that. He knows she isn’t going to like his answer, so he makes sure to look at her with the most desperate eyes he can manage.]
no subject
No. They wouldn’t. That was why he refused to stand with them in the first place, wasn’t it?
He swallows the urge to breathe faster, now looking anywhere but at Kira. The twist forms a knot.]
Maybe.
[He didn’t believe that. He knows she isn’t going to like his answer, so he makes sure to look at her with the most desperate eyes he can manage.]
Because I still love her.