[The little joke perks her up a little, and the hand in her hair is comforting. The picture that Trevor paints of the future is less so, but...]
You're the one I protect, I think. It's different with you than with him.
[She bumps her head lightly against his shoulder.]
You've been hurt so often that you don't need anyone to patch you up. You had to learn to do it on your own, again and again, until it's just old habit for you. What he needs is that I know how his pieces fit together, where they belong in the right configuration, so that when he falls apart I can be there to fit him back together again. But you don't fall apart like he does, because you don't mind being broken.
[She reopens her eyes, watching Alucard along with him, her eyes tracing over each wound, assessing the network of scars that will be left behind.]
What you needed was for me to love you. So that even if you didn't mind being broken, you would still know that I would.
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[The little joke perks her up a little, and the hand in her hair is comforting. The picture that Trevor paints of the future is less so, but...]
You're the one I protect, I think. It's different with you than with him.
[She bumps her head lightly against his shoulder.]
You've been hurt so often that you don't need anyone to patch you up. You had to learn to do it on your own, again and again, until it's just old habit for you. What he needs is that I know how his pieces fit together, where they belong in the right configuration, so that when he falls apart I can be there to fit him back together again. But you don't fall apart like he does, because you don't mind being broken.
[She reopens her eyes, watching Alucard along with him, her eyes tracing over each wound, assessing the network of scars that will be left behind.]
What you needed was for me to love you. So that even if you didn't mind being broken, you would still know that I would.