"I know what happens to me. Victory transmutes sin. If I'm courtmartialed, Draven will testify on my behalf. I may get demoted but I don't think I'll be imprisoned. I don't mind getting demoted." And of course, whether he'd stay with the Alliance or not wasn't even a question.
—Or was it? because his eyes were on hers again and what he said next was— "I know I don't need to worry about you. You can take care of yourself. But… do you have to, this time? Couldn't we… I thought… we were a good team. I'm… I'd… if there's any way… the prospect of going back to… being without that…
"Things are different now, for me. I don't want to go back to how I was before. Even if I could. And a big part of that… was getting to… work… with you.
"What you do next needn't have anything to do with me. But what I do next… if… you're… okay with it… I'd kinda like to have something to do with you."
Clear as mud? Roger. But the look on his face and in his eyes was a little clearer.
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—Or was it? because his eyes were on hers again and what he said next was— "I know I don't need to worry about you. You can take care of yourself. But… do you have to, this time? Couldn't we… I thought… we were a good team. I'm… I'd… if there's any way… the prospect of going back to… being without that…
"Things are different now, for me. I don't want to go back to how I was before. Even if I could. And a big part of that… was getting to… work… with you.
"What you do next needn't have anything to do with me. But what I do next… if… you're… okay with it… I'd kinda like to have something to do with you."
Clear as mud? Roger. But the look on his face and in his eyes was a little clearer.