She kicks her legs until they are almost a straight line, staring at the tips of her toes before they fall back down to rest against the wall of the house again.
"When they got Leo, I ...it was all our fault, a bit. His, too, of course, but... But if I'd been more attentive, if I'd noticed that they had set up a trap, then maybe I could have warned him. I was in a position where I could have seen if I'd known what to look for. If I'd thought what to look for." Leo had been nice past what he needed to be, even though he'd probably never have admitted to it. She'd liked him, more than Natasha or Hiro. Perhaps because he'd been there from the beginning, maybe because he'd been so much of a dad without ever being benevolent or patronizing, maybe because... she has no idea. Perhaps it had really been that he had been the first teammate of her whom she had lost to death.
Everyone in the shadows had their demons, his just had been a bit big for him. "But it was easier when the same happened with Natasha. You learn to deal with it."
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She kicks her legs until they are almost a straight line, staring at the tips of her toes before they fall back down to rest against the wall of the house again.
"When they got Leo, I ...it was all our fault, a bit. His, too, of course, but... But if I'd been more attentive, if I'd noticed that they had set up a trap, then maybe I could have warned him. I was in a position where I could have seen if I'd known what to look for. If I'd thought what to look for." Leo had been nice past what he needed to be, even though he'd probably never have admitted to it. She'd liked him, more than Natasha or Hiro. Perhaps because he'd been there from the beginning, maybe because he'd been so much of a dad without ever being benevolent or patronizing, maybe because... she has no idea. Perhaps it had really been that he had been the first teammate of her whom she had lost to death.
Everyone in the shadows had their demons, his just had been a bit big for him. "But it was easier when the same happened with Natasha. You learn to deal with it."