'Destiny', the cat said and Rush had not argued. She thinks Rush would not put any stock in such a concept, nor Arista - no part of him. Destiny, then, must be the name of something else. What, she cannot begin to guess, and Aqil remains tellingly silent.
But the endgame is clear: he has nowhere to go, and no desire to return. He would remain here, perhaps alone.
She doesn't approach him though she really wants to; doesn't reach out to him though she always wants to, whether to hit him or brace him. She stands there in another temporal silence.
"Well I'm not leaving you here alone," she says eventually, flatly. What she is actually suggesting in lieu of that, she doesn't know. It doesn't matter. She doesn't need to know that now, Rush needs the assurance first, and that's all.
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'Destiny', the cat said and Rush had not argued. She thinks Rush would not put any stock in such a concept, nor Arista - no part of him. Destiny, then, must be the name of something else. What, she cannot begin to guess, and Aqil remains tellingly silent.
But the endgame is clear: he has nowhere to go, and no desire to return. He would remain here, perhaps alone.
She doesn't approach him though she really wants to; doesn't reach out to him though she always wants to, whether to hit him or brace him. She stands there in another temporal silence.
"Well I'm not leaving you here alone," she says eventually, flatly. What she is actually suggesting in lieu of that, she doesn't know. It doesn't matter. She doesn't need to know that now, Rush needs the assurance first, and that's all.