"I was right." The words seemed dead in his mouth. Waterlogged. "You didn't come here to tell me I was right, did you?"
Edward looked at Mitchell, really looked at him. His eyes pierced through whatever facade may be thrown.
"It isn't safe, to be around me," he said. "It isn't safe to be here, Mitchell, what are you thinking?" Edward kept his feet firmly on the terra firma beneath him, his hands in his pockets. His arms twitched, and he feared reacting to his former boss, his friend. He feared hurting the other man. He feared igniting ideas that were not his own. And here was Mitchell, bravely crawling out from his hole, turning his head to face the sun. Here was the man who inevitably became a leader, no matter the variables. No mater the time.
Edward cleared his throat, feeling an unknown clutching of his chest.
Mitchell had said he was right. Eddie knew he was right. And yet.
"We, ah, we have to get you somewhere safe." A beat. "Please."
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Edward looked at Mitchell, really looked at him. His eyes pierced through whatever facade may be thrown.
"It isn't safe, to be around me," he said. "It isn't safe to be here, Mitchell, what are you thinking?" Edward kept his feet firmly on the terra firma beneath him, his hands in his pockets. His arms twitched, and he feared reacting to his former boss, his friend. He feared hurting the other man. He feared igniting ideas that were not his own. And here was Mitchell, bravely crawling out from his hole, turning his head to face the sun. Here was the man who inevitably became a leader, no matter the variables. No mater the time.
Edward cleared his throat, feeling an unknown clutching of his chest.
Mitchell had said he was right. Eddie knew he was right. And yet.
"We, ah, we have to get you somewhere safe." A beat. "Please."