[Save her? Ryder frowns, instinct telling her that it was a ridiculous thing to focus on. The big danger in the world these days was little more than set dressing for her, so how couldn't she be the safest one already? How could she ever need saving? But he had, in fact, saved her -- from something that had once been so, so normal. She's internalizing her mortality at the same time she's considering his view that...is probably normal, too. Would she have felt this more strongly if she were having this conversation two years ago? Two and a half? Wait. Uhhh.
...Right, eating dogs. That's where they're at. It is sad. She wishes it would be sadder.]
Hnn.
[Still, the facts are stacked together in her mind like a clumsily picked at, long-lived jenga tower. It makes her feel too wobbly to think about for long.]
...Would y-yyyou? Um, like. Um. [How does she actually put these thoughts into words... This is why she doesn't talk to people. It's too much of a hassle to lay a track down for someone to follow where her brain was going, particularly since the destination wasn't exactly a great one to pass through.
As a shortcut to where she's trying to get him, Ryder raises her arm to display the dirty cuts that had stopped bleeding, pointing at them with her other hand.] ...People? N-not -- wanting. Obv-obviously.
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...Right, eating dogs. That's where they're at. It is sad. She wishes it would be sadder.]
Hnn.
[Still, the facts are stacked together in her mind like a clumsily picked at, long-lived jenga tower. It makes her feel too wobbly to think about for long.]
...Would y-yyyou? Um, like. Um. [How does she actually put these thoughts into words... This is why she doesn't talk to people. It's too much of a hassle to lay a track down for someone to follow where her brain was going, particularly since the destination wasn't exactly a great one to pass through.
As a shortcut to where she's trying to get him, Ryder raises her arm to display the dirty cuts that had stopped bleeding, pointing at them with her other hand.] ...People? N-not -- wanting. Obv-obviously.