[ Far be it from him to resist the request of a kid who needed him, though he'd done plenty of that in his Real Life, with his real children. Obtusely and without realizing it, yes, but that didn't make much of a difference to his actual children. Gestures meant something, even if her efforts weren't quite as transparent as they needed to be for this to be a foolproof plan.
That was the danger in trying to help someone. Sometimes it didn't work, and then were what do you do? It's an internal point of tension that kept Jake from ever fully understanding Finn down to his core. And the same was true now, of Ciri. At the last moment, he withdraws his paw with a shake of the head. ]
Sweetheart, I gotta work this out here. I can't-- [ He sighs, frustrated, at himself more than her, before turning back to the cornered "ghost." ] I can't play this game with you right now.
[ It comes out more cutting than he realizes. Something to answer for later. ]
🎀 (for now)
That was the danger in trying to help someone. Sometimes it didn't work, and then were what do you do? It's an internal point of tension that kept Jake from ever fully understanding Finn down to his core. And the same was true now, of Ciri. At the last moment, he withdraws his paw with a shake of the head. ]
Sweetheart, I gotta work this out here. I can't-- [ He sighs, frustrated, at himself more than her, before turning back to the cornered "ghost." ] I can't play this game with you right now.
[ It comes out more cutting than he realizes. Something to answer for later. ]