[SWEET GIDEON the way Lavi is used to hugging touch-starved gremlins with hearts of gold... He thinks it's nice to hug someone and not have them immediately grab him by the throat after?? He'll always treasure this moment, eventually sliding away to give Gideon back her space, though the air about him is more comfortable than before.]
Maybe I should just keep things separate then, like you said. My old life and... this one.
[it is nice, to have someone reach for you with the intent of comfort and not pain. she looks a little flustered when he pulls away, but it's fine.]
I think it's the easiest way to do it. [...] A hell of a way to start over, but hey. If you think of it as a rebirth sort of thing, you don't have to get anything from your life before fucked up.
but he'll also remember this too, and he nods a little, because it makes sense. though...]
You know -- in the smallest, slightest chance that we somehow all make it to the end, and that we all kick Satan's ass enough times that he lets us all go --
[it already sounds like such a fairy tale, but Lavi's thoughts are wandering as usual, thinking of all the what-if's and impossibilities.]
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Maybe I should just keep things separate then, like you said. My old life and... this one.
[squints. it really is confusing...]
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I think it's the easiest way to do it. [...] A hell of a way to start over, but hey. If you think of it as a rebirth sort of thing, you don't have to get anything from your life before fucked up.
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but he'll also remember this too, and he nods a little, because it makes sense. though...]
You know -- in the smallest, slightest chance that we somehow all make it to the end, and that we all kick Satan's ass enough times that he lets us all go --
[it already sounds like such a fairy tale, but Lavi's thoughts are wandering as usual, thinking of all the what-if's and impossibilities.]
You think we're gonna remember any of this?
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... I hope so. [she says finally, glancing at him.] I really do.