[ He had felt it too, the difference between her coma and the one Anakin had fallen into. He's been told there's nothing to do for them when it happens, that it could happen to any one of them.
Jessica's fading presence aches for him the same of the rest of them, but his priorities have already started to shift, preventing him from wallowing. Ren's mental prodding is an unwanted reminder, makes it harder to push that pain back down - and on top of that, Steve's greeted with whiplash.
The connection fills with white noise for a moment. ]
(I'm not going anywhere.) [ Permanently is the intent behind that, since... he's obviously been somewhere else, in body and spirit ever since the first batch of new hosts landed. The first two men had unsettled him in a way that's not entirely clear, but the aren't the cause for his disappearance from the Bearings. The third - that's the face of a man from his memory, and somehow a completely different person. ]
(I'm here if you need me.)
[ It's the truth. He'll come back for any of them if they ask, even Ren.
But it'd be a temporary return until this other problem is solved. Right now, it's the man from his past that holds most of his thoughts and concern. ]
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Jessica's fading presence aches for him the same of the rest of them, but his priorities have already started to shift, preventing him from wallowing. Ren's mental prodding is an unwanted reminder, makes it harder to push that pain back down - and on top of that, Steve's greeted with whiplash.
The connection fills with white noise for a moment. ]
( I'm not going anywhere. ) [ Permanently is the intent behind that, since... he's obviously been somewhere else, in body and spirit ever since the first batch of new hosts landed. The first two men had unsettled him in a way that's not entirely clear, but the aren't the cause for his disappearance from the Bearings. The third - that's the face of a man from his memory, and somehow a completely different person. ]
( I'm here if you need me. )
[ It's the truth. He'll come back for any of them if they ask, even Ren.
But it'd be a temporary return until this other problem is solved. Right now, it's the man from his past that holds most of his thoughts and concern. ]