He is, patently, not alone; she came to find him, even angry, even hurting both physically and emotionally. Even willing to threaten him into never trying this again. And things had been better, briefly, and aimed at an upward trend at least for a bit.
He'd been warned about the ways the city, the program have of knocking its subjects down a rung. Nothing could have prepared him for this though.
He nods, even if he can't quite smile yet. He hears her. He acknowledges her. He'll do his level best to believe her.
"Will you -" He stops, licks his lips, tries again. "Can we talk about something good?"
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He'd been warned about the ways the city, the program have of knocking its subjects down a rung. Nothing could have prepared him for this though.
He nods, even if he can't quite smile yet. He hears her. He acknowledges her. He'll do his level best to believe her.
"Will you -" He stops, licks his lips, tries again. "Can we talk about something good?"