[ Does he know? maybe he once only hoped for it, too scared to confirm anything because what if it turns out not to be true? but she tells him with every hug, every lean, every smile. every time she reaches out, every time she hears him out, every time she says "let me help you" even when he doesn't know how to help himself. ]
I know. [ he pulls her in tighter ] Of course I know. And I'll never forget that.
[ She's offered to him so many times, and he's been tempted, so many times, to leave all his past burdens and sins that shackle him behind and see the stars. He wants to so bad, to hope again, to dream, to believe he can go anywhere and become anything, to believe he has a future.
He thinks about what Temenos told him. He thinks about the people he left behind, and his heart aches for them. If they could rewrite their lives any way they wanted, if god could grant him one miracle... ]
If you don't mind waiting... Give me some time. Then come find me.
[she tells him, firmly. she's old, and she has no idea how long she'll live for - waiting isn't an issue. when he says come find me, she hides a smile in his hat. they have to get out of here first, they have to figure out all the rest, but she'd be lying if she wasn't tentatively already planning what she wants to show him first.]
[ They'll get out of here. They've been through so much to get to where they are now, and even though Hanako isn't an optimist, even though he hates empty promises and blind faith and hanging on hope, even if the future is bleak and he can't see what's out there
it exists. a future. one with him, and Nimona, and Saya, and anybody else that comes and goes, touches their lives and leaves behind a part of them. it's a future he wants to see and he has no idea how to get there, but, ]
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I know. [ he pulls her in tighter ] Of course I know. And I'll never forget that.
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Okay. [i'll never forget that. every time he reminds her that she might never see him again after this, it digs a little further at her.]
You'd better not forget it. [...] You can still come with me, you know.
[she knows he has stuff that he needs to get back to, but she's offering anyway.]
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[ She's offered to him so many times, and he's been tempted, so many times, to leave all his past burdens and sins that shackle him behind and see the stars. He wants to so bad, to hope again, to dream, to believe he can go anywhere and become anything, to believe he has a future.
He thinks about what Temenos told him. He thinks about the people he left behind, and his heart aches for them. If they could rewrite their lives any way they wanted, if god could grant him one miracle... ]
If you don't mind waiting... Give me some time. Then come find me.
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[she tells him, firmly. she's old, and she has no idea how long she'll live for - waiting isn't an issue. when he says come find me, she hides a smile in his hat. they have to get out of here first, they have to figure out all the rest, but she'd be lying if she wasn't tentatively already planning what she wants to show him first.]
I will. Promise.
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it exists. a future. one with him, and Nimona, and Saya, and anybody else that comes and goes, touches their lives and leaves behind a part of them. it's a future he wants to see and he has no idea how to get there, but, ]
Promise.
[ they'll make it. he knows they will. ]