[ . . . he doesn't bother to address 2B in her fit of rage. He can't. There's nothing that he can say that'll make it better. He knew that since the very first week, when he felt his very first loss of someone dear.
So instead he'll sit across from her at dinner.
And leave out one hand for her, palm up.]
... May I see your hand?
[Yeah, his is burned, there's really no point is trying to deal with it!!]
[ at dinner, 2b does not eat anything. she'd slowly begun to do so as the weeks went by, to at least openly spend time with others during the breaks between murders. (and, y'know, also prove that she could eat if she wanted to.) but now... what point is there to trying to pretend to be human? the most human of them all is gone, and she wasn't able to keep her promise.
jae-ha is probably one of the few people in this castle who doesn't provoke a reaction of pure anger from her following today's body discovery. she slowly looks up when he addresses her...
... and pauses when he extends his hand to her.
her eyes linger on it for an uncomfortably long time, before she simply says, ]
But once she sets her hand in his, he'll just hold onto hers with a loose grip. She can pull away at any time, should she want to, but until then... he's content to have even the slightest connection to her.
He'll hope that she won't run from it.]
... but I want to.
You don't have to carry everything on your own, you know.
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So instead he'll sit across from her at dinner.
And leave out one hand for her, palm up.]
... May I see your hand?
[Yeah, his is burned, there's really no point is trying to deal with it!!]
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jae-ha is probably one of the few people in this castle who doesn't provoke a reaction of pure anger from her following today's body discovery. she slowly looks up when he addresses her...
... and pauses when he extends his hand to her.
her eyes linger on it for an uncomfortably long time, before she simply says, ]
I'm sorry.
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... you don't need to apologize for anything.
[Of everyone this week, 2B has nothing to apologize for. The same could be said of Souji and Ion - those who were left behind.]
... I'll go with you? When you head outside after this.
[When she intends to duel with whoever shows up.]
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she takes his hand.
she leaves her visor on intentionally. ]
You don't have to.
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But once she sets her hand in his, he'll just hold onto hers with a loose grip. She can pull away at any time, should she want to, but until then... he's content to have even the slightest connection to her.
He'll hope that she won't run from it.]
... but I want to.
You don't have to carry everything on your own, you know.
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... what she needs to do, however, is a different story. and for that reason, she answers him in a detached tone, almost coldly. ]
...
In the end, I can only truly rely on myself, and myself alone.
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... it might not want to be what you want to hear right now.
But if you need someone to rely on, I'll be here for you. Whenever you want to lean on me, I won't go anywhere.
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What if you die before me?
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[His answer is calm in the face of her fire, if only because he's had time to consider this. Longer than anyone else in this castle.]
... that's what I do for Captain Gi-gan. Even if it's painful, and even if it's not the same.
But I still rely on her, because I know I have things I still need to do.