Don’t be nervous. The last woman I taught had no experience at all and she turned out very good. You’ll be all right. Anyway, I thought you were a soldier already.
Being in general danger is different from running headlong into a Shai attack without any training. Does that seem like a good idea? It’s like something I’d do!
[ No one should learn from him. The number of times Athos has had to drag him back and chastise him for not thinking first is ridiculous. Suddenly, he’s discovering how much fun it isn’t to be on the other side of that. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
There isn't anything wrong with asking for help, you know.
Look, I wasn't NOT asking for help, it's just... I gotta do some of this on my own. I can't keep relying on everyone else. I'm not even good at using my own powers, how am I supposed to get better if I ask for help all the time?
FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
Besides, I thought I'd be fine. I can do a lot of damage on my own.
[ He doesn't answer straight away. She's asking him to protect people from her, which would mean leaving her to face whatever fate her powers decried. He already knows he wouldn't want to do that.
But she's also asking if she can trust him. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You have my word. I'll keep them safe, if it comes to that.
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Don’t be nervous. The last woman I taught had no experience at all and she turned out very good. You’ll be all right. Anyway, I thought you were a soldier already.
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About that.
FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
I've only had about 6 months of training... and I didn't exactly WANT to pay attention...
[How about that rebellious streak?]
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And you let me think you walked into that fight fully trained? Hanna you could have been killed!
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I told you I'd never fought! I wouldn't have been killed, I would've been fine.
[Lies all lies you're a terrible liar.]
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FROM dartagnan@cdc.org
I thought you meant you’d never seen battle, I didn’t think you were new to soldiering! You should have let me stay with you.
[ So much admonishment. He would have protected you with his life, Hanna! ]
FROM dartagnan@cdc.org
You’re right to be learning. I never want you in that sort of danger again, all right?
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I'm never going to be out of danger, though.
FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
But if you wanna be my bodyguard I'm not gonna say no.
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Being in general danger is different from running headlong into a Shai attack without any training. Does that seem like a good idea? It’s like something I’d do!
[ No one should learn from him. The number of times Athos has had to drag him back and chastise him for not thinking first is ridiculous. Suddenly, he’s discovering how much fun it isn’t to be on the other side of that. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
There isn't anything wrong with asking for help, you know.
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Look, I wasn't NOT asking for help, it's just... I gotta do some of this on my own. I can't keep relying on everyone else. I'm not even good at using my own powers, how am I supposed to get better if I ask for help all the time?
FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
Besides, I thought I'd be fine. I can do a lot of damage on my own.
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I think you're good with your powers.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I'm just trying to protect you. I know you're about to tell me you don't want it, but you're my friend. What else am I supposed to do?
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Just stay by my side.
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I can do that.
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Then that's all I need.
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It's not.
But Athos will teach you the rest.
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D'artegnan what are you gonna do the day I can't control myself? I need to protect you from me, babe, not the other way around.
FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
I know it's your duty and your job to protect or whatever but trust me when I say I'm the most dangerous thing to me.
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What are you asking me? I’m not afraid of you, Hanna.
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You should be. Can I trust you to get people out of my way if anything happens?
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But she's also asking if she can trust him. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You have my word. I'll keep them safe, if it comes to that.
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FROM: talbot.hanna@cdc.org
Good. I appreciate it.
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It isn’t going to come to that, Hanna.
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You don't know that, and I don't know that either. I'm not trained with my powers, it's why I'm asking Athos to train me with a sword.
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I know that. It still won’t come to that. If it gets really bad, I can always just dump snow on you again. Trust me.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You’ll be all right.
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Yeah... Thanks.
[She just can't bring herself to tell him that, at her worst, she can destroy buildings. Snow won't do anything.]