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Adam.

[That's a "Adam that isn't doing anything to lighten the mood" Adam.]

Edited 2013-03-12 06:53 (UTC)

What? Takes a masochist to know one.

[ okay okay, maybe that doesn't work... ]

You still didn't answer my question.

[NO WHAT IF HE'S FLYING AROUND AND SEES YOU AND I COMFORT CUDDLING THAT'S NOT COOL.]

Ugh. Rooftop. I'm not going to stay here long.

[Such a masochist.]

[ shhhhh ]

There's a bunch of those, you know.

[GROAN your tenacity knows no bounds, Mr. Jensen.]

[curt directions to a rooftop that is neither near hers nor his, somewhere belonging to an abandoned looking building. it's quiet, dark, and lonely up here.]

[ GOOD

he will all up that roof and in your personal space in no time, seeking out cuddles and not giving a fuck if any space dragons are watching. ]

[FINE she'll. She'll take some cuddles. She doesn't want to admit it but a hug is definitely a thing she could use right now.

A lot.]

...I'm sorry.

[ Even though he can only offer robo hugs, but he makes sure to involve the rest of his body, too. So have an Adam nuzzling against you, all affectionately.

Her words surprise him, though. ]

What for?

[ Pretty sure he's the one who's frequently--and continues to be--an idiot. ]

[Yeah he is an idiot ~~and especially will be not long after this~~ but she's not sure why she feels the need to apologize. Maybe because she feels Ridley should be her demon and hers alone. Not to involve anyone else. Not to hurt anyone else.]

...

[Expressing this of course does not come easily, if at all. Instead she shifts under him, closer and tighter. She's trying to wrap her head around this contradiction; the fear and desire to push him away, yet reveling in this closeness and warmth like she'd been starved of it her whole life...]

~~I never asked for this.~~

Do you think what the Initiative is doing is worth it? Pulling everyone like this, and fighting this war?

[ He'd like to ask what brought this on, but he has a feeling he already knows the answer. Still a question he wasn't expecting, but if she acts in a way that he cannot predict at all that's just alarming and means that this must really be getting to her.

Well... ]

I can only speak for myself.

[ So that's what he's gonna do, and be honest about it. It's been a while now since he arrived here, and while he still doesn't agree with what these guys are doing and has no way of knowing if they are telling the truth, his initial stance has changed a lot. There are multiple ways of looking at once specific situation. Different perspectives. He cannot blame the people who are genuinely glad to be here for one reason or another. And if he thinks about it hard, being here is better than being dead, or having to deal with--witness--the aftermath of his decisions.

Of course, Samus plays no small part in his change of heart. ]

I don't--didn't--really have a connection to this place. Why should I care? Why should I fight for anyone but myself? And even that seemed pointless at times. I honestly can't tell you if this world is worth all this trouble--some people in it, though. Some people in it are, which is the sole reason why keeping myself going doesn't seem completely pointless.

[ Listen to him, Samus, being all cute. He's resting his chin on her shoulder right now. ]

Or maybe it's more accurate to say that you're the one who keeps me going, and I'm sure not a single day does pass without you thinking that I'm more trouble than I'm worth. But to answer your original question, if there are people who are still alive, and have a reason to be glad for it, it's probably a good thing. Not perfect, but good enough.

[~~samus looked up to him with shimmering eyes and went "u-guuu adamu".~~ She wants to turn around and look him in the face, but the comfort of their position isn't something she wants to disturb either for fear it will end. Once, Samus might have questioned the sincerity in Adam's eyes (further complicated by the fact that those too, weren't even his natural pair) but over time she's learned to trust what she sees, and hears--trust him.

This is kind of a big thing. It might not be whole trust, not perfect, but monumental enough that she hasn't shied away from the close, emotionally intimate contact they were currently sharing. She finds herself gripping him a little tighter, like how her throat feels tight around itself.]

...If you were easy easy to handle, you wouldn't be worth the effort.

[Not that he isn't FRUSTRATING or INFURIATING at times, but Samus knew the best things in life were worth fighting for, despite also occasionally regressing into brooding, cynical isolation and bitterness.

It's sometimes hard to see the grande scheme of things with someone like Ridley here. Why would they let someone like him in? What merit or reasons do they have? Why...]

He took everything from me, starting from when I was just three years old.

[ He has to smile a little. It's probably best to talk about the matter at hand before things become uncomfortable; because it's pretty perfect right now as it is. Well, as perfect as it can be.

Well, holding grudges. He can sympathize with that, because he knows his own losses and how deep they cut. ]

And I'm sure he's realized that it was the worst mistake to make. Shouldn't give him the satisfaction of being your only focus, though. Your life's better without him in it, that's what he needs to know.

[ And Samus, too. ]

[Part of her wants to emotionally dump on him but she's pretty sure that would end up being exactly 27 years of emotional dumping and no one deserves that kind of a dump. That is a big dump.]

He's a sadistic monster. Literally and figuratively.

[She buries herself a little more in Adam's hold, completely aware talking about it more openly does little to immediately resolve all this pent up anger and angst.]

Scales, wings, long jaw, pointy teeth, sharp talons... all that. He's dangerous.

[ His life already is a dump. He's pretty sure he can handle some more if getting it off her chest helps her to relax, but he's not gonna push it. Right now, though, it seems like he doesn't even have to--it feels nice, not having to force her into his arms. ]

Hard to miss, then.

[ In more ways than one. ]

If he's even just a little bit intelligent, though, he'll know that starting trouble won't do him any good.

[SHE'S NOT SO CONVINCED but hrrghhnnnnn she's sure there is actually very little he or anyone for that matter could do to convince her of that.]

I'll obliterate him if he does.

[...again.]

No doubt.

[ He's convinced of that, at least. ]

But all this talk of dragons and obliteration has gotten me hungry. Come on.

[Imagining the violence and bloodshed begetting her arch nemesis puts her at ease, which also simultaneously disgusts her that it does. It has also done well to emotionally drain her, but now that she feels some relatively satiety of that thanks to Adam, her body duly reminds her of something else that could use sating.]

...Me too.

[She doesn't move under him though, not immediately. Adam is nice and warm.]

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