[His teeth clack shut. Or they would if he had teeth. The effect is the same, cutting off the swell of anger that he's not sure is deserved, or, maybe it's fully deserved and then some, but he can't be mad about something he agreed to do, right? That's on him.
Apparently it was always on him. Everything. Every single fucking thing that ever happened in that canyon, and to the Freelancers.
If Wash was right.
He leans his back against a wall and slides down, elbows on knees. Door's not going anywhere.]
So we're doing this, huh? The last thing I remember is a bright white light coming for my ass. And the rest of the AI. All the AI except for Epsilon. The Meta was losing what was left of his shit. You were bleeding and dying. That's what I remember.
[Don't ask the details. He remembers them too clearly, too vividly, and he's pretty sure if he thinks about the details, he's going to start screaming. Alpha. Alpha. We missed you. Don't.]
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[His teeth clack shut. Or they would if he had teeth. The effect is the same, cutting off the swell of anger that he's not sure is deserved, or, maybe it's fully deserved and then some, but he can't be mad about something he agreed to do, right? That's on him.
Apparently it was always on him. Everything. Every single fucking thing that ever happened in that canyon, and to the Freelancers.
If Wash was right.
He leans his back against a wall and slides down, elbows on knees. Door's not going anywhere.]
So we're doing this, huh? The last thing I remember is a bright white light coming for my ass. And the rest of the AI. All the AI except for Epsilon. The Meta was losing what was left of his shit. You were bleeding and dying. That's what I remember.
[Don't ask the details. He remembers them too clearly, too vividly, and he's pretty sure if he thinks about the details, he's going to start screaming. Alpha. Alpha. We missed you. Don't.]