[ The verbalish smackdown isn't taken well on Steve's side. For all his determination there's still guilt for Ilde's part (his part) in Parker's murder. The Prince's voice picks at those scabs. Everyone linked to Parker would be having it ten times worse. A public shaming for them all wasn't needed.
There's no reason to knock this time, even with the door half shut. ]
(What about the others?) [ An image of Anakin when he was in his coma, now awoken. An image of another closed pod, this person hasn't. The Prince hadn't explained the last time he asked what this was. ]
[Steve's displeasure isn't hard to read, not with him pressing on the connection.
Prince doesn't care. They could dislike him, he would not die from it. But they would if they didn't take their responsibility to each other more seriously. This mission had been almost without danger. The next would not be. If they behaved as they had they would die, and he would be too far from them to do anything.]
Sometimes there are problems with the connection between a host and their symbiote. Typically time and rest will correct the issue, but sometimes it does not.
[It wasn't hopeless. It never was. But to come so far, to escape death as they had only to fall into some endless sleep- it was hardly satisfying. And there was no way of knowing who was susceptible, no pattern he had ever found. It happened, seemingly at random. Some were great losses, others were- less so.]
[There is a moment of silence, thick with unprojected sentiment that it seems longer than it is. He attempted to always chose his words carefully, although he did not always succeed. This question required more care than usual.]
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ishsmackdown isn't taken well on Steve's side. For all his determination there's still guilt for Ilde's part (his part) in Parker's murder. The Prince's voice picks at those scabs. Everyone linked to Parker would be having it ten times worse. A public shaming for them all wasn't needed.There's no reason to knock this time, even with the door half shut. ]
( What about the others? ) [ An image of Anakin when he was in his coma, now awoken. An image of another closed pod, this person hasn't. The Prince hadn't explained the last time he asked what this was. ]
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Prince doesn't care. They could dislike him, he would not die from it. But they would if they didn't take their responsibility to each other more seriously. This mission had been almost without danger. The next would not be. If they behaved as they had they would die, and he would be too far from them to do anything.]
Sometimes there are problems with the connection between a host and their symbiote. Typically time and rest will correct the issue, but sometimes it does not.
[It wasn't hopeless. It never was. But to come so far, to escape death as they had only to fall into some endless sleep- it was hardly satisfying. And there was no way of knowing who was susceptible, no pattern he had ever found. It happened, seemingly at random. Some were great losses, others were- less so.]
They will be safe here.
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( There's really nothing we can do for them? )
[ A fate like that, getting tucked away in those pods forever, is deeply disturbing to him. ]
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Stay alive, so that they never wake up alone.
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( Understood. )
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