[this isn't... she's not keeping it from him for his sake. she's doing it for hers because she doesn't want... she's. she doesn't want people to know she's not human anymore. it's. complicated, it's selfish, it's out of. love? desire to still be loved? she's not in the right mindset to analyze it right now.]
Yeah. Let's get inside somewhere.
[at least that part's easy to deal with. she starts walking, taking his hand and trying to guide them to, like, a hotel lobby or the atrium of an office building or some place that's definitely going to be absolutely flavor-blasted with AC. while they walk, she... thinks. and speaks, after a long moment.]
You might not stay hurt anymore. You can still get hurt, but your body will... heal itself. Because of, um. [sigh. moment of truth.] Because you might be an Intoner now. I can't do everything Intoners could do [and thank g-d for that] but I know that I'm not. Human. Anymore.
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Yeah. Let's get inside somewhere.
[at least that part's easy to deal with. she starts walking, taking his hand and trying to guide them to, like, a hotel lobby or the atrium of an office building or some place that's definitely going to be absolutely flavor-blasted with AC. while they walk, she... thinks. and speaks, after a long moment.]
You might not stay hurt anymore. You can still get hurt, but your body will... heal itself. Because of, um. [sigh. moment of truth.] Because you might be an Intoner now. I can't do everything Intoners could do [and thank g-d for that] but I know that I'm not. Human. Anymore.