[ he has no idea how to interpret this tone and it's making him kind of bristle. how the turntables, because now he's the one trying to brush it aside with bravado. But...awkwardly. Not combatively, just like he's not sure what to do and is preparing for this to blow up in his face somehow. ]
[that's so fair - she recognizes this, actually, the way he bristles, and she shakes her head, lifting her hands a little. no, no. she doesn't mean it in a bad way. she just relates.]
Just - how'd you deal with it being your family? [...] I don't know if I could've.
...I don't know. What other choice did I have? I thought they'd probably change their ways and accept me if I told them, but if it went poorly, it would be...catastrophic.
Turns out they really would have accepted me, if it had come to that. But it didn't, and they ended up being right about me in the end anyway.
I didn't do it because I had to, Nimona. It's...I killed them, and everyone else, because it's what I do. It's all I'm good at and all I know how to do. Whether I thought I could've told them or not...doesn't change that.
That's not my point. I'm not going to be like aw yeah you're a killing machine you suck so bad, Danny, wow that's all you're good for. You killed people. It happens.
I don't know what else to be either. [he'll see it later, when she destroys things because she doesn't know how else to tell people that she hurts.] I broke into the jail the first week we were here, it's not like you're the only one.
[a beat.]
The city deserves it. You don't have to feel bad for destroying it.
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...what?
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Just - how'd you deal with it being your family? [...] I don't know if I could've.
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Turns out they really would have accepted me, if it had come to that. But it didn't, and they ended up being right about me in the end anyway.
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With the body count stuff. [she says, after a minute.] Would you have had to do that if you'd thought it was okay to tell them?
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Are you waiting for me to agree with you? Because I'm not going to.
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[that is not just a thing that happens but ok]
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It is, though. I don't really what else to be.
...it's why I've been wrecking places all over the city since day one. The stakes here are too high to kill, but I still need to do something.
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I don't know what else to be either. [he'll see it later, when she destroys things because she doesn't know how else to tell people that she hurts.] I broke into the jail the first week we were here, it's not like you're the only one.
[a beat.]
The city deserves it. You don't have to feel bad for destroying it.
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he gives a sad little laugh ]
I don't, but thanks for the permission.
I just feel bad that now the newspaper is blaming you for it.
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I've been called worse, don't worry about it. [she rubs at her face.] They'll find someone else to pick on next week.
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Who do you think it'll be next week?
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Maybe Temenos.
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