If he had simply been sick or dealing with Retrospec bullshit, then yeah that look would earn a smile. But no, he’d been shot in the chest and Mariko can’t help but feel furious that he’s about to go headlong into danger again.
She hears the ‘I’ and waits, almost curious at what bullshit he’s about to give her to explain why he is being so goddamned stupid.
And what he manages after a long stretch isn’t bullshit. It’s just him being his genuine hero-cop self and it earns a long suffering sigh. She suspects that this karma rebalancing after making him worry all these years.
“You’re going back alone, but He’s the stupid one.” It’s perhaps a little shitty to pick at him and his Other in one fell swoop, but then she leave him be, instead focusing her attention on the tunnel. “What’s the move then?”
Re: II
She hears the ‘I’ and waits, almost curious at what bullshit he’s about to give her to explain why he is being so goddamned stupid.
And what he manages after a long stretch isn’t bullshit. It’s just him being his genuine hero-cop self and it earns a long suffering sigh. She suspects that this karma rebalancing after making him worry all these years.
“You’re going back alone, but He’s the stupid one.” It’s perhaps a little shitty to pick at him and his Other in one fell swoop, but then she leave him be, instead focusing her attention on the tunnel. “What’s the move then?”