[She'll be able to watch, in real time, as the look on his face goes from confident, armored-up, ready for a battle of wits, to something more sincere and more vulnerable. The fact that she came over here, not to interrogate him, but to be his friend...it means something. It means a lot, actually.]
no subject
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[Quietly:]
I don't want to burn it if you don't.
[She'll be able to watch, in real time, as the look on his face goes from confident, armored-up, ready for a battle of wits, to something more sincere and more vulnerable. The fact that she came over here, not to interrogate him, but to be his friend...it means something. It means a lot, actually.]