[ 'I know we're in good hands,' Leonard says, and Stephen's thoughts drift instantly to vast memorials and a battlefield and Nicodemus West, to the decimated courtyard at Kamar-Taj and the bodies of colleagues caught beneath the rubble.
Moving on, Stephen. ]
Noted. Thanks for the heads up.
[ There's answering care taken in his tone here, conscious that McCoy's clearly learned this from experience, but there's an edge of mild humour too. Given what he's seen of the crew, it doesn't surprise him.
It also doesn't strike him as the best time to offer any more insight into who he fundamentally is as a person, so: ]
private / (I raise you) cw: death and war reference
Moving on, Stephen. ]
Noted. Thanks for the heads up.
[ There's answering care taken in his tone here, conscious that McCoy's clearly learned this from experience, but there's an edge of mild humour too. Given what he's seen of the crew, it doesn't surprise him.
It also doesn't strike him as the best time to offer any more insight into who he fundamentally is as a person, so: ]
I'll keep my sights on the bourbon.