[ She knows he's back. She's known since shortly after he reappeared, but she hasn't personally set out to look for him. Even with Steve's suggestion that maybe her presence would be beneficial. Helpful. She has her doubts about that. Suspects that, because of what she knows, her presence might only complicate matters further. Not that she doesn't want to see him. She does. And his absence, after having him here, so close by, is like an ache she hadn't anticipated to hurt quite so much.
But she lets him have his space, knows he has things - memories - he needs to come to terms with, and if he wants to seek her out, she's made sure to make herself available and easy to be found. He hasn't, though. And today, this message over the network in the aftermath of a mansion-wide nightmare, it seems, is what it takes for him to initiate human contact.
Even if it isn't directed at her personally, she takes him up on the invitation. She doesn't answer over the device - that's not a good medium for a conversation between them, not with how things stand. Instead, she goes to find him. And because she knows him - knows him better than she should have any right to - the first place she checks is the place she finds him. because of course he's up on the roof. Somewhere high and quiet with the best vantage point of everywhere around him. There might be other reasons, too, but she doesn't dwell on them as she approaches, her step careful but audible, letting him know she's coming.
Once, she might have snuck up and surprised him, tested him, tested herself. She doesn't risk that now. ]
I was wondering how long it would be before you let yourself be known.
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But she lets him have his space, knows he has things - memories - he needs to come to terms with, and if he wants to seek her out, she's made sure to make herself available and easy to be found. He hasn't, though. And today, this message over the network in the aftermath of a mansion-wide nightmare, it seems, is what it takes for him to initiate human contact.
Even if it isn't directed at her personally, she takes him up on the invitation. She doesn't answer over the device - that's not a good medium for a conversation between them, not with how things stand. Instead, she goes to find him. And because she knows him - knows him better than she should have any right to - the first place she checks is the place she finds him. because of course he's up on the roof. Somewhere high and quiet with the best vantage point of everywhere around him. There might be other reasons, too, but she doesn't dwell on them as she approaches, her step careful but audible, letting him know she's coming.
Once, she might have snuck up and surprised him, tested him, tested herself. She doesn't risk that now. ]
I was wondering how long it would be before you let yourself be known.