From the mouth of his own sister. Whatever cutting argument he had ready is thrown off by those few careless words. Never mind that he's constantly reminding them of the fact, but he didn't count on her getting desensitized to it already. It was supposed to motivate them, to rally and do what he asks them to do, not... give up. What's wrong with this family that they won't even fight to live? To do just a fraction of what he has to survive?
Or maybe it's just that they don't have any faith in him. She probably still thinks he's crazy.
"I'm working on it." His reply lacks the earlier venom, and part of him is genuinely afraid that she's going to walk out of that door and he'll never see her again. It could fall apart that easily.
"I know I'm asking you to take a leap of faith. I've seen the future, but I haven't put all the pieces together yet." That's nothing he hasn't said before. He breathes out his nostrils and tries to stay calm enough to give her something that will satisfy her. "Someone causes it. Whoever it is, there are people who will try to make sure they succeed, because that's what's supposed to happen. They'll try to stop me."
There. That's something new, if only a fraction of the story. Maybe that and the fact that he showed up bleeding will be enough to get his point across.
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From the mouth of his own sister. Whatever cutting argument he had ready is thrown off by those few careless words. Never mind that he's constantly reminding them of the fact, but he didn't count on her getting desensitized to it already. It was supposed to motivate them, to rally and do what he asks them to do, not... give up. What's wrong with this family that they won't even fight to live? To do just a fraction of what he has to survive?
Or maybe it's just that they don't have any faith in him. She probably still thinks he's crazy.
"I'm working on it." His reply lacks the earlier venom, and part of him is genuinely afraid that she's going to walk out of that door and he'll never see her again. It could fall apart that easily.
"I know I'm asking you to take a leap of faith. I've seen the future, but I haven't put all the pieces together yet." That's nothing he hasn't said before. He breathes out his nostrils and tries to stay calm enough to give her something that will satisfy her. "Someone causes it. Whoever it is, there are people who will try to make sure they succeed, because that's what's supposed to happen. They'll try to stop me."
There. That's something new, if only a fraction of the story. Maybe that and the fact that he showed up bleeding will be enough to get his point across.
"So I need you for when I need you."