[ He scoffs at her question, even if she is being sarcastic. If her sudden and untimely demise isn't enough to make her do some self reflection about the way she escalated danger, nothing he says will. The fact that he can be impulsive at times notwithstanding.
Then she calls him out and makes it real again. He's not doing a good job of letting her move past something that only happened for him. ]
I'm sorry. [ His eyes immediately fall again when she scratches over her heart, before he forces them back up. ] I wouldn't have told you if I could be sure...
[ He frowns. It's not the time to drive that point into the ground just because he can still see the knife sticking out of her chest. But he's still thinking through his logic, clearly bothered and still getting back in his own rhythm. Then he says something that can't possibly be motivated by emotions he has about someone so ordinary being the one to kill her. ]
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Then she calls him out and makes it real again. He's not doing a good job of letting her move past something that only happened for him. ]
I'm sorry. [ His eyes immediately fall again when she scratches over her heart, before he forces them back up. ] I wouldn't have told you if I could be sure...
[ He frowns. It's not the time to drive that point into the ground just because he can still see the knife sticking out of her chest. But he's still thinking through his logic, clearly bothered and still getting back in his own rhythm. Then he says something that can't possibly be motivated by emotions he has about someone so ordinary being the one to kill her. ]
I can take care of him, if you want.