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[oohforeshadowing]

Let me get back to you, darling.

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[reflectatine]

He takes that in calmly enough. "Who?"

[oohforeshadowing]

This shrug is physical, shoulders lifted, palms up.

"I don't know. I needed to get out of an enemy base, and they happened to be in my way."

[reflectatine]

His turn to sip his water, his gaze like a counterweight to their shrug.

“What made it the worst?”

[oohforeshadowing]

"Because I haven't drowned any orphans lately? Murder is a contender for 'worst' in most people's experience, darling."

[reflectatine]

“Is that who you are? Most people?” It's quick and largely rhetorical, but not at all flippant.

He's much slower in working his way around to asking: “Would you do it again?”

[oohforeshadowing]

Trouble just grins at the first question, because Wade has no idea how right he is.

"...I might. If the need arose."

[reflectatine]

He doesn't know what's behind that sharp smile, but he figures crossing one treacherous bridge is enough for the day.

“You wanna walk me through it?” An offer as much as it is a prod.