If I have to try to kiss you by the end of this I'm going to rekill you. [ is his annoyed counterpoint to that. it's mostly muttered.
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and anyway it's the strilondes who usually needed that resuscitation.
but all right. give john some credit. with an annoyed glance sideways (it's concern and panic, but details) dave focuses in on the battle, automatically reaching for his sense of time. it's weird (asleep? outside of time? who the fuck knows, but he's unwilling to accept death if someone else would have to, too) and he doesn't start a loop but he picks up his speed to match bro-cal. ]
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and anyway it's the strilondes who usually needed that resuscitation.
but all right. give john some credit. with an annoyed glance sideways (it's concern and panic, but details) dave focuses in on the battle, automatically reaching for his sense of time. it's weird (asleep? outside of time? who the fuck knows, but he's unwilling to accept death if someone else would have to, too) and he doesn't start a loop but he picks up his speed to match bro-cal. ]