“No. You don’t.” He hadn’t, either. Not originally. He had to be shown. “But you’ve said your piece and it’s done.”
There was a deep fear spreading through him that the anger helpfully masked. He had given Finn that little piece of freedom because he loved him, but maybe it just didn’t work that way. Maybe any freedom at all broke the whole thing.
He knew other people didn’t need what he did. But.
“I know you can’t see it. But I could, because you’re like me. I could feel it almost immediately. And it’s been so long since I met someone that—“ He cut off and then clicked his tongue, turning in his chair to face the controls again. “Forget it. I’ve stopped. We’ll see how long it takes until you beg me to do it again.”
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There was a deep fear spreading through him that the anger helpfully masked. He had given Finn that little piece of freedom because he loved him, but maybe it just didn’t work that way. Maybe any freedom at all broke the whole thing.
He knew other people didn’t need what he did. But.
“I know you can’t see it. But I could, because you’re like me. I could feel it almost immediately. And it’s been so long since I met someone that—“ He cut off and then clicked his tongue, turning in his chair to face the controls again. “Forget it. I’ve stopped. We’ll see how long it takes until you beg me to do it again.”