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"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

your one stop shop for not leaving him alone ]

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I wonder... but I don't know.

[ That's the difficult part, isn't it? She won't have any idea how she actually feels about it until it's happened. ]

... I'm sorry. This conversation...

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...is nothing to be sorry about.

[Finishing each other's sentences, only Will has a feeling that's not how Sasha would have chosen to finish it. The quiet fondness in his voice hopefully gives away that he doesn't mean to dismiss her feelings because she's not allowed them, or because he's cruel. He just genuinely doesn't mind talking about darker subjects than dogs and hospital tater tots.]

Sometimes you need to talk about heavier stuff than usual. You don't need to apologize for that, we all have...issues that could use being talked about instead of ignored. It's healthy.

[No one tell Chilton he just said that. Ever.]

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[ It puts her at some ease, at least. If there's anyone she's glad to have told, it's Will. ]

I took an oath when I joined the military. We were going to protect humanity. I never expected we'd have to fight humans someday themselves.

[ She breathes in quietly. ]

... thank you, though.

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[He bites down any remarks about how protecting humanity from itself is part of the job, at least as far as Will's concerned. But he works differently, his entire career hunts the hunters. There are no monstrous creatures that, upon first glance, a person can immediately spot as a danger, worth running from, hiding from, praying to whatever god or gods that they'll be spared its bite.]

You're welcome. [Would she still be saying that if she knew what had happened to one of those men he'd killed, if she knew about cannibals who didn't turn into enormous creatures to devour humanity? Perhaps...perhaps that's a conversation he could have with Annie, not Sasha, if it ever came up. Perhaps keeping it from Sasha is the best course of action.] This is what I'm here for...not just signing papers when you need them. Whatever I can help with, just. Let me know, I'll do what I can.

[He misses Abigail so much, holy shit. Some dark-haired young woman please love me.]

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I'm... very grateful, Will.

[ It's jarring to have someone she doesn't know all that well care this much about her well-being, but it does help to know. She doesn't feel so overwhelmed by the differences in this world if Will can explain it and help her through it.

And it seems in spite of being from different worlds, he understands the dilemma she's facing.

Maybe just a bit sad that he can empathize. ]

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[Just a bit. Just a bit.]

Yeah... [He has no idea what to do with gratitude. Just use him for his intended purposes and care sometimes when he seems ready to melt because he's sweating and sickly, okay?] ...anything else you wanted to talk about?

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No, that's fine. I don't want to impose any longer.

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[He's made his point pretty clear by now, hasn't he? Continuing to say it, drive it in home...that's not going to do any good in the end. There is a difference between saying and doing.

Better make sure the latter is what he sticks with. Like Hannibal!]

I do need to get dinner made before April comes home. [It's just fish. It's so much fish. She is going to be a mermaid.] Talk to you later, Sasha.

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[ If she has any more questions, she'll try to figure them out for herself. She's bothered Will a lot in the past month and it's about time she's given him a break from it. ]

Okay, bye Will!