[ He'll allow her the small win by acquiescing to her request if it means that it'll avoid a fight about accepting the ride home. Small sacrifices to keep the peace had been something he'd learned a long time ago - particularly when it came to women like Maarva and Bix. The same likely applied here for Wanda.
The matter-of-fact reply is one that he easily accepts. After all, if the situations were reversed, he likely would have responded similarly. And because he'd respond similarly, it's what stops him from pestering her with more questions that make him sound disapproving of her actions.
Becoming used to moving through this world on his own without reporting into anyone - even those that he didn't necessarily mind reporting in to - is akin to an old familiar coat that he's slipped back on.
He holds her gaze, still watching her after she's turned away from him and after another moment he walks around to the hood of the car to lean against it and leaving plenty of room for her to join if she so wished. Left to his own thoughts as the silence settles between them again, his mind can't help but drift to the last time he'd watched a sunset. It hadn't been that long ago though the landscape that stretches before him now is a vast contrast to Mina-Rau's rolling hills, wheat fields and lakes.
For what isn't the first time, a pang of homesickness tries to claw at his heart. But this time he simply allows it to stay, at least for a little while. ]
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The matter-of-fact reply is one that he easily accepts. After all, if the situations were reversed, he likely would have responded similarly. And because he'd respond similarly, it's what stops him from pestering her with more questions that make him sound disapproving of her actions.
Becoming used to moving through this world on his own without reporting into anyone - even those that he didn't necessarily mind reporting in to - is akin to an old familiar coat that he's slipped back on.
He holds her gaze, still watching her after she's turned away from him and after another moment he walks around to the hood of the car to lean against it and leaving plenty of room for her to join if she so wished. Left to his own thoughts as the silence settles between them again, his mind can't help but drift to the last time he'd watched a sunset. It hadn't been that long ago though the landscape that stretches before him now is a vast contrast to Mina-Rau's rolling hills, wheat fields and lakes.
For what isn't the first time, a pang of homesickness tries to claw at his heart. But this time he simply allows it to stay, at least for a little while. ]