This was... different... being so connected to someone else like this. Though his life didn't flash before her eyes, but he did let her get a genuine sense of who he was, scars and all.
Maybe now she'd understand why he said 'no' to her request that day.
(Because, while others would simply pull someone out of danger then pack up as if the job was done, for the Meisters, that meant the job had only just begun. He wasn't refusing to save lives, he was refusing to save someone in the moment, only to abandon them to a life along the same path that led to them being in danger to begin with. It wasn't enough for people to not die, not for them. Those that lived also had to learn to live better. He wasn't going to commit to anything less.)
Holding her hand, he pushed them forward until he was able to make contact with the Node. The fate of so many depended on this, their first contact...
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Maybe now she'd understand why he said 'no' to her request that day.
(Because, while others would simply pull someone out of danger then pack up as if the job was done, for the Meisters, that meant the job had only just begun. He wasn't refusing to save lives, he was refusing to save someone in the moment, only to abandon them to a life along the same path that led to them being in danger to begin with. It wasn't enough for people to not die, not for them. Those that lived also had to learn to live better. He wasn't going to commit to anything less.)
Holding her hand, he pushed them forward until he was able to make contact with the Node. The fate of so many depended on this, their first contact...