[ The more she trembles, the more sure Jaime's grasp becomes. He's always been good at being an anchor. If she's a live wire, connecting to everything and everyone around her, alight with more emotions and more desperation than she knows what to do with, then he's the cloth dampening it, stopping it in its tracks. He can't help but sweep his thumbs reassuringly across the tops of her fingers, as though trying to remind her that he's here, that there's no need to get caught up in whatever memories are threatening to sweep her away. ]
It's okay. Me and Khaji can handle it, easy. If there's anything left, we'll find it. If there isn't, then we'll know. We'll report to you straight after. [ Ruka's always offering things to him. Telling him she'll tell him what's important, sharing these tidbits of her past she doesn't offer anyone else, dragging him halfway across the globe, promising him she'll tell him how he feels. In comparison to all of that, what's a little danger? It's nothing. It's what people like him are for. ]
Or you can stay on the phone with us when we go. Whatever works.
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[ The more she trembles, the more sure Jaime's grasp becomes. He's always been good at being an anchor. If she's a live wire, connecting to everything and everyone around her, alight with more emotions and more desperation than she knows what to do with, then he's the cloth dampening it, stopping it in its tracks. He can't help but sweep his thumbs reassuringly across the tops of her fingers, as though trying to remind her that he's here, that there's no need to get caught up in whatever memories are threatening to sweep her away. ]
It's okay. Me and Khaji can handle it, easy. If there's anything left, we'll find it. If there isn't, then we'll know. We'll report to you straight after. [ Ruka's always offering things to him. Telling him she'll tell him what's important, sharing these tidbits of her past she doesn't offer anyone else, dragging him halfway across the globe, promising him she'll tell him how he feels. In comparison to all of that, what's a little danger? It's nothing. It's what people like him are for. ]
Or you can stay on the phone with us when we go. Whatever works.