[It feels unfair that he gets to start a fight and then decide that they're suddenly done with it. That he gets to pull the plug on this when she's still in the mood to throw something at him. He upset her and called her out
She wants to say something awful, she wants to lay all of their failure at his feet to make him stew in it, but she knows there might be no coming back from that. And no matter how angry she is, she can't fuck this up that badly. Instead, she buries it back down, lets her shoulders drop in an imitation of defeat, of exhaustion. Show a little bit of humanity, to mollify him.]
I think we should leave this city, that's my answer. There's nothing here for us except danger, maybe there's something left out there that hasn't been destroyed. But I'm not their leader, and neither are you. [It isn't delivered harshly, even if she wants to, it's just a reminder of a fact.] They didn't ask us to save them.
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She wants to say something awful, she wants to lay all of their failure at his feet to make him stew in it, but she knows there might be no coming back from that. And no matter how angry she is, she can't fuck this up that badly. Instead, she buries it back down, lets her shoulders drop in an imitation of defeat, of exhaustion. Show a little bit of humanity, to mollify him.]
I think we should leave this city, that's my answer. There's nothing here for us except danger, maybe there's something left out there that hasn't been destroyed. But I'm not their leader, and neither are you. [It isn't delivered harshly, even if she wants to, it's just a reminder of a fact.] They didn't ask us to save them.