If anyone knew the implications as well as or better than he did, it was Reyes. This would make any sightings of them even more precarious, made them have to get to that safe house even more imperative because they couldn't be seen. No bodies meant no proof of death, but it also meant the public might be on the look out for their very public faces. "This can't happen... you're a patriot."
He was stunned by the implications of the narrative, horrified how it might play out, imagining a worst case scenario. It allowed him to be tucked more securely into Gabe's grip, which he had sort of stopped fighting again, but he was tense as if he might take flight at any moment. His nostrils were flared, eyes fixed and staring at nothing in particular, and he made a soft whining sound of pure pain and not all of it physical.
"...are we both going to be traitors?" Would the UN stoop so low? He'd never considered the possibility before.
He resisted his head settling on Gabe's chest at first but then gave in if it was pushed over and over. He ran his fingers over his busted knuckles and forced them back into position with a hiss of pain and a trembling. "...they taken everything from us. There's no... media interview I can give to make any of this better, to make up for the people we lost..."
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Date: 2019-07-08 06:43 pm (UTC)He was stunned by the implications of the narrative, horrified how it might play out, imagining a worst case scenario. It allowed him to be tucked more securely into Gabe's grip, which he had sort of stopped fighting again, but he was tense as if he might take flight at any moment. His nostrils were flared, eyes fixed and staring at nothing in particular, and he made a soft whining sound of pure pain and not all of it physical.
"...are we both going to be traitors?" Would the UN stoop so low? He'd never considered the possibility before.
He resisted his head settling on Gabe's chest at first but then gave in if it was pushed over and over. He ran his fingers over his busted knuckles and forced them back into position with a hiss of pain and a trembling. "...they taken everything from us. There's no... media interview I can give to make any of this better, to make up for the people we lost..."