What's the other part? It's something that I forgot, isn't it?
[ Just because he's having trouble remembering everything that he did and said and promised doesn't mean he's lost the ability to be perceptive.
I love her. I know I do. It's not just a feeling, not something that I made myself believe. I really love her. It's just connecting the dots again and bringing what I know and what I feel together. ]
Your friend. The... the guiding star. She's still with you. [ He knows that, because he felt her, or heard her, or whatever the best way of describing that is. It reassures him to know that Jesse's not alone. ]
Right. "Departure". I remember trying to follow the story, to change the ending. You were helping me with that.
[ An image pops into his head, combined with a feeling... a feeling of holding her as they kiss. As they lie next to each other. His gaze snaps to hers as his gray eyes try to meet hers so he can see them. Drown in them.
Except he can't drown; he has to focus and figure out what his next steps are. ]
It sounds easy when you put it like that. The Dark Presence kills. It'll hunt everyone down and use them, or kill them if it can't use them. I can't ask you or the Bureau for help, because that puts all of you in danger.
I know that's what it wants, and it's not going to stop until it gets it. It doesn't care who gets in the way, or who just happens to be there. It'll target all of you and everyone in Bright Falls. It's already happened once; I don't want it to happen again. Maybe if you just give me a gun and a flashlight, I can lure it away from here.
That way, I can figure out how to stop it and no one else has to get hurt.
[ He realizes what she's just said, about being his firepower, and this time, he snaps to attention. He crosses over to where she's standing before he's even aware of moving, and without even thinking about it, he puts his arms around her. ]
No. I won't do that to you. I won't ask you to do that.
[ He hesitates for a fraction of a second before he pulls her in close for a hug. ]
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[ Just because he's having trouble remembering everything that he did and said and promised doesn't mean he's lost the ability to be perceptive.
I love her. I know I do. It's not just a feeling, not something that I made myself believe. I really love her. It's just connecting the dots again and bringing what I know and what I feel together. ]
Your friend. The... the guiding star. She's still with you. [ He knows that, because he felt her, or heard her, or whatever the best way of describing that is. It reassures him to know that Jesse's not alone. ]
Right. "Departure". I remember trying to follow the story, to change the ending. You were helping me with that.
[ An image pops into his head, combined with a feeling... a feeling of holding her as they kiss. As they lie next to each other. His gaze snaps to hers as his gray eyes try to meet hers so he can see them. Drown in them.
Except he can't drown; he has to focus and figure out what his next steps are. ]
It sounds easy when you put it like that. The Dark Presence kills. It'll hunt everyone down and use them, or kill them if it can't use them. I can't ask you or the Bureau for help, because that puts all of you in danger.
I know that's what it wants, and it's not going to stop until it gets it. It doesn't care who gets in the way, or who just happens to be there. It'll target all of you and everyone in Bright Falls. It's already happened once; I don't want it to happen again. Maybe if you just give me a gun and a flashlight, I can lure it away from here.
That way, I can figure out how to stop it and no one else has to get hurt.
[ He realizes what she's just said, about being his firepower, and this time, he snaps to attention. He crosses over to where she's standing before he's even aware of moving, and without even thinking about it, he puts his arms around her. ]
No. I won't do that to you. I won't ask you to do that.
[ He hesitates for a fraction of a second before he pulls her in close for a hug. ]