No phones, no internet...and Central was pretty far from you, wasn't it? [He definitely gets it. Sometimes you just have one person you never want to let out of your sight again when you get them back where they belong.]
He was gone for a year. I didn't know that he would come back at all.
And then the day he did, I wound up here. And the Logy here is younger, and he's my partner, so I should have... [ Escha trails off, losing steam on the thought because even as she's saying it, she knows it's impossible. She knows there wasn't anything she could do. But she still has to finish it. ]
I should have protected him. He always protected me, and now - here - he was my junior.
[ dick knows she's aware she couldn't have actually done anything. he gets why she still says it. it's irrational. dick couldn't have done anything different for so many people, but that doesn't mean it doesn't haunt him all the same.
he really wishes he could offer her some comfort. ]
... You can't linger on what ifs, Escha. It won't help.
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How long was he gone?
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And then the day he did, I wound up here. And the Logy here is younger, and he's my partner, so I should have... [ Escha trails off, losing steam on the thought because even as she's saying it, she knows it's impossible. She knows there wasn't anything she could do. But she still has to finish it. ]
I should have protected him. He always protected me, and now - here - he was my junior.
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he really wishes he could offer her some comfort. ]
... You can't linger on what ifs, Escha. It won't help.
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We can still help him going forward. It's not over yet. There's still time.
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... Okay. You're right.