[ Until it happens, right. There's an inevitability here. A mistake will be made. Someone will get hurt. Running scenarios only makes him more keenly aware of the odds stacked against them.
His stomach turns. ]
That's not my preferred play.
[ A firm correction: It's a play, an option on the table, to be utilised when the time calls for it. There will be a time, won't there? There always is, when someone has to give the order or fire the gun. And he'll do what needs to be done, with glory far from his mind. He thinks back to Damian, asking if he's ready to be hated. That future strikes him as far more likely.
The essence of the reminder is still deserved and needed. It's why he opened up to her in the first place. ]
no subject
His stomach turns. ]
That's not my preferred play.
[ A firm correction: It's a play, an option on the table, to be utilised when the time calls for it. There will be a time, won't there? There always is, when someone has to give the order or fire the gun. And he'll do what needs to be done, with glory far from his mind. He thinks back to Damian, asking if he's ready to be hated. That future strikes him as far more likely.
The essence of the reminder is still deserved and needed. It's why he opened up to her in the first place. ]
We'll take things as they come. Together.