[They're a mess. Hinata's edgy and aggressive and sharp. Turns to her too-quick and too sudden and says too much all at once. Spits out all the words and it's half a question and half not. Takes her a second to absorb what he's even saying, eyes flicking down to the other one, curled up and inward. All opposites but she doesn't need to a mind reader to see they aren't opposite at all right now.
People got funny with death. She should know.
She wished she could convince herself she couldn't handle this. Not again, a second time in a day. Not with a kid she knows better than she should and one she barely knows at all. But she could. Didn't have a choice.]
The kid?
[Latches on to that, first. Fighting with someone who was an annoyance at worse. Had reminded her of Nic in the first place, even if she didn't know him well. All spoiling for a fight. Hard to picture it as a necessary thing. There's a story there. Maybe later she'll give a shit enough to find out what it is.
Should they bury him? God, yes. Of course. There wasn't really much of a choice. Even if there was, she owed him that. Cashing in all at once. Asshole.]
Yeah.
[It's not much of an answer. There's too many problems here that need fixing- none of them fixable- all at once. Flicks her eyes between Hinata and Kino and settles for Kino, first. A few more steps, closer, closer, and then she can see him and she pays him absolutely no goddamn mind. Not yet. Goes down on her heels by the kid. And there's never much soft about her but right now she's had the last bits ground off and all that's left is hard. When she speaks it's with authority. Not a lot else she has to turn to. Tries to meet their eyes, if they'll let her, expression set firm but there's dark circles under her eyes that she doesn't know are there.]
I need you to take Hinata back to the rovers and pick up some shovels.
[Looks back to Hinata, eyebrows lifting the barest amount. Making a play- put Kino in charge of taking care of Hinata. Try to let Hinata know it's not because she doesn't trust him. Hope it leaves them both feeling responsible enough to move forward.
Delicate fucking balance. Always.]
I'll watch him.
[And that's an easy enough promise to keep, at least. For once. Hadn't been much good at it up until now.]
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People got funny with death. She should know.
She wished she could convince herself she couldn't handle this. Not again, a second time in a day. Not with a kid she knows better than she should and one she barely knows at all. But she could. Didn't have a choice.]
The kid?
[Latches on to that, first. Fighting with someone who was an annoyance at worse. Had reminded her of Nic in the first place, even if she didn't know him well. All spoiling for a fight. Hard to picture it as a necessary thing. There's a story there. Maybe later she'll give a shit enough to find out what it is.
Should they bury him? God, yes. Of course. There wasn't really much of a choice. Even if there was, she owed him that. Cashing in all at once. Asshole.]
Yeah.
[It's not much of an answer. There's too many problems here that need fixing- none of them fixable- all at once. Flicks her eyes between Hinata and Kino and settles for Kino, first. A few more steps, closer, closer, and then she can see him and she pays him absolutely no goddamn mind. Not yet. Goes down on her heels by the kid. And there's never much soft about her but right now she's had the last bits ground off and all that's left is hard. When she speaks it's with authority. Not a lot else she has to turn to. Tries to meet their eyes, if they'll let her, expression set firm but there's dark circles under her eyes that she doesn't know are there.]
I need you to take Hinata back to the rovers and pick up some shovels.
[Looks back to Hinata, eyebrows lifting the barest amount. Making a play- put Kino in charge of taking care of Hinata. Try to let Hinata know it's not because she doesn't trust him. Hope it leaves them both feeling responsible enough to move forward.
Delicate fucking balance. Always.]
I'll watch him.
[And that's an easy enough promise to keep, at least. For once. Hadn't been much good at it up until now.]