[Nothing about his answer is very helpful, but it's not something she can fault him for. Nothing is helpful now, because she still doesn't know how she's going to feel when all of this settles. All she knows now is that she doesn't want anything to do with comfort that comes from the Iron Bull. Maybe that's a grudge that could have died if it was just Han who had been hurt, but she'll never forgive him for what he did to Alfie.]
That's alright. I'm not hungry and I don't feel like fighting anything right now.
[She doesn't answer straight away because she needs the time to really think about that, to try to twist her mind around the idea of the man that Tommy is now. Cold and mean and desperate for his son, but there had still been a part of him that had listened to her when she told him he needed to clean up, to eat. She had still been able to stop him from having panic attacks.
There's still a man under there that cares, she has to hold on to that hope.]
Time, I think what he needs the most is time without having to worry about how to get out of whatever mess he's in now.
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That's alright. I'm not hungry and I don't feel like fighting anything right now.
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Okay. What does he need? Do you know?
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There's still a man under there that cares, she has to hold on to that hope.]
Time, I think what he needs the most is time without having to worry about how to get out of whatever mess he's in now.