He thinks the observation just as automatically as the reply itself that now stands in question. And with that crack Rip can see in her facade, so many questions now spark in his mind. Of course he wants to ask after her, to push the point and voice his concern--
But she's lived through several months, she's already said. A beat later, and she calls those things that have happened "complicated." It's all part of the future he's done so much to avoid learning of, the certain and written out path Rip has yet to live, but knows one day he will.
When does that selfish desire to not know, to avoid the burden of a destined fate give way to the worry he feels for a dear friend?]
If... [He swallows; this cannot be a choice made lightly. Not by him.] If there is something I can do... [He gestures outward with a hand. The offer feels futile, insufficient, yet even this much comes with a price. Though she has no way of knowing it, it's more than he's given nearly anyone else among their number. Certainly when Ray returned, equally "off" due to something that happened within their world, Rip had ultimately reminded him of the stance he's long held when it comes to knowing of events yet to unfold for him.
It's harder to hold such a limit with Sara, somehow.]
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He thinks the observation just as automatically as the reply itself that now stands in question. And with that crack Rip can see in her facade, so many questions now spark in his mind. Of course he wants to ask after her, to push the point and voice his concern--
But she's lived through several months, she's already said. A beat later, and she calls those things that have happened "complicated." It's all part of the future he's done so much to avoid learning of, the certain and written out path Rip has yet to live, but knows one day he will.
When does that selfish desire to not know, to avoid the burden of a destined fate give way to the worry he feels for a dear friend?]
If... [He swallows; this cannot be a choice made lightly. Not by him.] If there is something I can do... [He gestures outward with a hand. The offer feels futile, insufficient, yet even this much comes with a price. Though she has no way of knowing it, it's more than he's given nearly anyone else among their number. Certainly when Ray returned, equally "off" due to something that happened within their world, Rip had ultimately reminded him of the stance he's long held when it comes to knowing of events yet to unfold for him.
It's harder to hold such a limit with Sara, somehow.]