[She sits as well, and while he speaks she starts to peel one of the oranges. There are moments when he shocks her and her head comes up in surprise when she forgets the fruit, but he keeps speaking and so she lets him, stays quiet, peels her orange and just hears him out.
What he says isn't really new to her, it's all something she's heard, thought herself in some cases.
Nothing will ever take away the memory of Alfie calling for her in a panic after Harry had been removed from the ship, the way he had begged her to do something, anything, to get him home. A man like Alfie, having that kind of moment, is something she'll never forsake. She made the promise to him months ago that she'd do whatever it took to get him home, so by the time Steve finishes she's sure they're on the same page, that they want the same things, and that she's probably going to stand beside him whenever he does... whatever he ends up doing.
But all the same, nothing is ever that easy.]
My deal is to bring Han back to life and I've seen inmates graduate, I know this place works for some. [But that's the key. It works, but not for everyone.] When I first came here I didn't care about making friends or any of that, I was in it for my deal and nothing else. That's all I knew, then.
It's not the same now. Now, I just want to get Alfie home. He shouldn't be here, and you're right, Helena being sent away, Harry being sent away, those things have destroyed his belief in this being a place that would ever work for him. He's miserable and I don't think that anyone who doesn't want to stay on the ship should have to.
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Date: 2016-11-11 03:32 am (UTC)What he says isn't really new to her, it's all something she's heard, thought herself in some cases.
Nothing will ever take away the memory of Alfie calling for her in a panic after Harry had been removed from the ship, the way he had begged her to do something, anything, to get him home. A man like Alfie, having that kind of moment, is something she'll never forsake. She made the promise to him months ago that she'd do whatever it took to get him home, so by the time Steve finishes she's sure they're on the same page, that they want the same things, and that she's probably going to stand beside him whenever he does... whatever he ends up doing.
But all the same, nothing is ever that easy.]
My deal is to bring Han back to life and I've seen inmates graduate, I know this place works for some. [But that's the key. It works, but not for everyone.] When I first came here I didn't care about making friends or any of that, I was in it for my deal and nothing else. That's all I knew, then.
It's not the same now. Now, I just want to get Alfie home. He shouldn't be here, and you're right, Helena being sent away, Harry being sent away, those things have destroyed his belief in this being a place that would ever work for him. He's miserable and I don't think that anyone who doesn't want to stay on the ship should have to.