[That comment gets him to lift his face to look at them, blinking back more tears, red-eyed and mussy, but it drags a small smile onto his lips.]
We hadn't even met yet. I'd think whoever said it was crazy. Now I can't imagine life without you.
[Perhaps he'd felt that way about his birth mother, while she was alive: that he'd always have her, that she would never leave his side, that he wouldn't go a single day without her next to him. Now he has hardly any memories of those days, and Cassandra hasn't given birth to him, maybe never will in the timeline of Earth that was saved. He doesn't know if she's very different or not. She... felt the same, though. Whatever his heart had felt in that moment was familiar. She sounded the same, her voice resonating with some buried nostalgia. He'd forgotten her voice, and now he remembers. Memories are so fickle, and that makes it all so much harder.
He probably is overthinking it, though. Take it slow. One day at a time. As usual, Rue knows just how to handle it.]
No matter what she says... it'll be okay. I'll always have you.
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We hadn't even met yet. I'd think whoever said it was crazy. Now I can't imagine life without you.
[Perhaps he'd felt that way about his birth mother, while she was alive: that he'd always have her, that she would never leave his side, that he wouldn't go a single day without her next to him. Now he has hardly any memories of those days, and Cassandra hasn't given birth to him, maybe never will in the timeline of Earth that was saved. He doesn't know if she's very different or not. She... felt the same, though. Whatever his heart had felt in that moment was familiar. She sounded the same, her voice resonating with some buried nostalgia. He'd forgotten her voice, and now he remembers. Memories are so fickle, and that makes it all so much harder.
He probably is overthinking it, though. Take it slow. One day at a time. As usual, Rue knows just how to handle it.]
No matter what she says... it'll be okay. I'll always have you.