Ah. That is a hell of a place. Miles can't help but look a bit nervous
staring up at it. "It'll be a hell of a place to escape if you're wrong
about your friend," he murmurs. Not that he truly doubts Lakshmi, just.
Considering tactics.
"He won't. He will help us, he always looked after me when we were children."
She insists on it, she has too. Like the world is ever that simple, or that kind. Not self-aware enough, maybe, or her own brand of naivety. It will not happen, because she is sure of it. But even so, her hand absently grips to him tightly before she forces it to loosens. A face-masked in calm festivity.
It has to be better, it must be better, so many had given so much.
That ... seems a little foolish, admittedly. But what can Miles do but try to believe her? He certainly doesn't have a better plan. "All right," he says with a soft sigh. "But I'm preparing for the worst here."
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Ah. That is a hell of a place. Miles can't help but look a bit nervous staring up at it. "It'll be a hell of a place to escape if you're wrong about your friend," he murmurs. Not that he truly doubts Lakshmi, just. Considering tactics.
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She insists on it, she has too. Like the world is ever that simple, or that kind. Not self-aware enough, maybe, or her own brand of naivety. It will not happen, because she is sure of it. But even so, her hand absently grips to him tightly before she forces it to loosens. A face-masked in calm festivity.
It has to be better, it must be better, so many had given so much.
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