[i'm gonna squish his cheeks that's the response i had to reading this tag]
You're not going to explain it to me and that's fine, I don't expect you to. I don't even really think you'll believe me because you're the stubbornest little dude I've ever met in my life, but I don't believe for a second that you're bound in a way that I can't help you with.
[a pause.]
I'm alive. For right now, that's what I want, too.
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[ nobody knows your secrets. nobody knows your sins... ]
Even somebody like me can become a hero.
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[she glances at him, finally.]
You don't have to be a hero. It's got a lot of stuff attached to it that you probably don't want. But you can be free to be whoever you want.
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yeah, there's no way he can be a hero, even if he tried. he has tried. ]
...thanks, but I'll always be bound, one way or another. But Nimona, you're alive! I really want to keep it that way.
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You're not going to explain it to me and that's fine, I don't expect you to. I don't even really think you'll believe me because you're the stubbornest little dude I've ever met in my life, but I don't believe for a second that you're bound in a way that I can't help you with.
[a pause.]
I'm alive. For right now, that's what I want, too.
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And you're the stubbornest little Nimona I've ever met. If you really want to help me, then do your best to stay alive, at all costs.
[ stay safe, stay alive, don't leave him alone, that's how you can help him ]
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... Yeah. Okay. I can do that. [she's a little less feral, after all this.] I'll stick with you.
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