his brows furrow - ichiro wants that to be true so bad. it does seem plausible, but he just... he never had the time to chase down the answers, and in the end, that was no one's fault but his own. ] We were all involved in bad shit, though. I mean - them leaving helped us make our big crew, the one we were gonna break everything down with, but... I would've been happy hanging with Kuko and the other two forever, you know?
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[ that's a much nicer answer than canon whew
his brows furrow - ichiro wants that to be true so bad. it does seem plausible, but he just... he never had the time to chase down the answers, and in the end, that was no one's fault but his own. ] We were all involved in bad shit, though. I mean - them leaving helped us make our big crew, the one we were gonna break everything down with, but... I would've been happy hanging with Kuko and the other two forever, you know?
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Yeah, sure. But if you guys were friends, and he wanted to protect you - I don't know. I can see myself doing something like that.
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you really aren't that far off
he huffs to that, though, and gives beau a little smile. ]
... yeah. I hope you're right. [ after a beat, though; ] I mean, I would've fought whatever it was with him, if I could. That goes for you too.
[ a little nudge. ] Don't leave me behind, okay? Everybody - we're always stronger together.
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she pauses, and then smiles up at him.]
Yeah. You're right. We are stronger together. Which is fucking crazy to say, actually. [she never thought she'd get to this point.]