Jim nods and lets Felix pull away, even if it's not far. That's about as much as he'd have figured. He forces out a soft noise at the squeeze to his arms. An apology he knows he's given Felix before. Sorry for worrying you. Even if it's going to happen again.
"You've got to start putting a bit more faith in me, Felix." He's so tired of saying it but he'll say it every time. Until Felix finally believes him. Or until he's shouting it one day when he's got enough energy to have a proper temper. "I could have..."
Please.
Yeah. Yeah, Jim knows this isn't the time. The captain shifts and shrugs out of his coat to pull it around Felix's shoulders. The walk isn't far. Jim will tough it out and Felix needs it more than he does at the moment.
"Put this on and I'll get you back. You can lay down and sleep this off." What he wouldn't give to be able to be somewhere warm and safe and able to pull Felix against him now. But that isn't the reality they're in. There's no time. "My scouts have found a large stockpile of food out beyond the torches. Everyone's gearing up and prepping the volunteers. They're going to need someone to lead them."
Out past the torches where monsters lurk in the blowing snow. Where bodies come back headless if they come back at all.
"We need this to work if the people here are going to survive. The odds are better if we get as much experience out there as possible." So of course, Jim's going with. "I'll make sure we bring it back. Imagine a nice warm meal right about now would do us both some good."
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Jim nods and lets Felix pull away, even if it's not far. That's about as much as he'd have figured. He forces out a soft noise at the squeeze to his arms. An apology he knows he's given Felix before. Sorry for worrying you. Even if it's going to happen again.
"You've got to start putting a bit more faith in me, Felix." He's so tired of saying it but he'll say it every time. Until Felix finally believes him. Or until he's shouting it one day when he's got enough energy to have a proper temper. "I could have..."
Please.
Yeah. Yeah, Jim knows this isn't the time. The captain shifts and shrugs out of his coat to pull it around Felix's shoulders. The walk isn't far. Jim will tough it out and Felix needs it more than he does at the moment.
"Put this on and I'll get you back. You can lay down and sleep this off." What he wouldn't give to be able to be somewhere warm and safe and able to pull Felix against him now. But that isn't the reality they're in. There's no time. "My scouts have found a large stockpile of food out beyond the torches. Everyone's gearing up and prepping the volunteers. They're going to need someone to lead them."
Out past the torches where monsters lurk in the blowing snow. Where bodies come back headless if they come back at all.
"We need this to work if the people here are going to survive. The odds are better if we get as much experience out there as possible." So of course, Jim's going with. "I'll make sure we bring it back. Imagine a nice warm meal right about now would do us both some good."