[Once upon a time, Ben might have been a romantic; in many ways, he still is, but the airy lightness of optimism is bound now in the heavy steel frame of practicality. He is determined to make it work - he is durable in a way he understands, this way - but it leaves him at a loss when faced with such a wide array of options such as those a deal presents him. He would object if she tried to say she doesn't deserve it - they both know she does. That's fear talking.
But he is afraid she'll say she doesn't know what to do with it, and he has no answer for that, not really. I want something practical she says, listening to his slightly faster than human heartbeat, and he breathes out.]
Do you want to go back to where you came from? [He is not sure if it is home for her, so he does not ask that. It is, however, a way to narrow the field of possibility to something viable.]
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But he is afraid she'll say she doesn't know what to do with it, and he has no answer for that, not really. I want something practical she says, listening to his slightly faster than human heartbeat, and he breathes out.]
Do you want to go back to where you came from? [He is not sure if it is home for her, so he does not ask that. It is, however, a way to narrow the field of possibility to something viable.]