[ riza...doesn't like this. she doesn't like the way she can see hughes almost deflate, doesn't like the way she phrased what she did or how it probably came across. there's a reason she doesn't like to be the one to explain this sort of thing, because she's sure there was some kind of point she's missing, or reason she didn't explain.
hughes watches her in those moments after, processing what it is she has to say, and riza wishes, desperately, that this will be...okay. there's so much more to this conversation that she's not equipped to handle - grieving, death, general hughes standing in front of her, but riza hawkeye isn't one to step down from a situation, and especially not one like this, no matter how well or not she may be able to handle it.
when he lets out a breath, riza finds herself holding her own in - just for a moment, just until he finishes speaking, before she exhales herself. ]
You're...welcome. [ she's not confident he has anything to thank her about, but riza isn't going to tell him as much. ]
And....sir? [ because she has to say it. because she needs him to believe it, because she needs roy to believe it. ] When we go to all of these different worlds, there might be something we're not considering. We've already experienced technology beyond what any of us can accomplish back home, and magic, too. [ the word doesn't sit very well in her mouth, but there's no other way to explain kathashun. to explain this. ] If I've learned anything while we've been under the thumb of these witches, it's that nothing is impossible.
[Perhaps not, but in some ways it is a thank you for addressing him at all. He knew he'd be dropping a lot on her, but he appreciates that she is willing to take it on. Usually he would leave the 'burdening other people' thing to Roy. But he'd been driving himself crazy with possibilities and he still wasn't sure how he felt about asking these questions of Astoria. But, perhaps it was starting to get to be a time when he should.
At Riza's additional assessment he nods.]
Very true. I'll keep that in mind as we move forward. We're in a really unique situation here, so who knows what might come out of it.
[ she nods, even though a good part of her doesn't think she helped hughes nearly as much as she would have liked. but there's also - in general - a lot to deal with here, and she's not nearly qualified enough to help a man grapple with the fact he is dead back home, but alive here, and what will happen moving forward.
still, riza tried. and she'll keep trying, if hughes needs her to. ]
The only thing we've really been able to gather so far- you have to be prepared for just about anything.
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hughes watches her in those moments after, processing what it is she has to say, and riza wishes, desperately, that this will be...okay. there's so much more to this conversation that she's not equipped to handle - grieving, death, general hughes standing in front of her, but riza hawkeye isn't one to step down from a situation, and especially not one like this, no matter how well or not she may be able to handle it.
when he lets out a breath, riza finds herself holding her own in - just for a moment, just until he finishes speaking, before she exhales herself. ]
You're...welcome. [ she's not confident he has anything to thank her about, but riza isn't going to tell him as much. ]
And....sir? [ because she has to say it. because she needs him to believe it, because she needs roy to believe it. ] When we go to all of these different worlds, there might be something we're not considering. We've already experienced technology beyond what any of us can accomplish back home, and magic, too. [ the word doesn't sit very well in her mouth, but there's no other way to explain kathashun. to explain this. ] If I've learned anything while we've been under the thumb of these witches, it's that nothing is impossible.
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At Riza's additional assessment he nods.]
Very true. I'll keep that in mind as we move forward. We're in a really unique situation here, so who knows what might come out of it.
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still, riza tried. and she'll keep trying, if hughes needs her to. ]
The only thing we've really been able to gather so far- you have to be prepared for just about anything.