Never. [ An exhale, to collect his thoughts. ] It has always been you and me, Jinx. That will never change.
[ No matter what, as far as Silco thinks. There's nothing that could take him away from Jinx, not that he finally had her with him in this new world. What irony was it, that he -- old, and weak as he was -- had been the one brought to a new world, when his brilliant, strong daughter hadn't been? It was a cruel twist of fate, something that had never settled right with him. He'd never believed it, and hated a world that existed without Jinx in it. He had even looked, time after time, for her, to find his daughter in one of those crystal cocoons, to no avail -- or so he'd thought -- but memory now reflected that it was wrong. He wondered, of course, if Horos and the residents there were lucky that Silco had forgotten it -- or if it was intentional -- that he hadn't known that she'd been so close to coming into Horos... If he'd known, of course, he would have destroyed every last soul, or made very effort to. How could he not?
This is better, he thinks. Zaun is still gone, but... at least the only person Silco had desperately tried to find was here. He had believed in his dream of a real nation of Zaun since he was a boy, but there was someone more important than even that. If he'd had to choose, he would have chosen Jinx. Every time. Even he knew that, even if he'd never been asked made that decision.
Yet. ]
Can you stand? We should get out of here. Soon. I can't guarantee our safety while we're in the open.
[ He'd seen the Enforcer, even if he hadn't spoken with her. He did not want her spouting whatever lies she'd come up with, or threatening them. Especially with nobody nearby to use for defense. ]
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[ No matter what, as far as Silco thinks. There's nothing that could take him away from Jinx, not that he finally had her with him in this new world. What irony was it, that he -- old, and weak as he was -- had been the one brought to a new world, when his brilliant, strong daughter hadn't been? It was a cruel twist of fate, something that had never settled right with him. He'd never believed it, and hated a world that existed without Jinx in it. He had even looked, time after time, for her, to find his daughter in one of those crystal cocoons, to no avail -- or so he'd thought -- but memory now reflected that it was wrong. He wondered, of course, if Horos and the residents there were lucky that Silco had forgotten it -- or if it was intentional -- that he hadn't known that she'd been so close to coming into Horos... If he'd known, of course, he would have destroyed every last soul, or made very effort to. How could he not?
This is better, he thinks. Zaun is still gone, but... at least the only person Silco had desperately tried to find was here. He had believed in his dream of a real nation of Zaun since he was a boy, but there was someone more important than even that. If he'd had to choose, he would have chosen Jinx. Every time. Even he knew that, even if he'd never been asked made that decision.
Yet. ]Can you stand? We should get out of here. Soon. I can't guarantee our safety while we're in the open.
[ He'd seen the Enforcer, even if he hadn't spoken with her. He did not want her spouting whatever lies she'd come up with, or threatening them. Especially with nobody nearby to use for defense. ]