[ part of him thinks that he should apologize; ironically, Dante was right. there was useful stuff in the papers that could be used to figure out what had happened to the people that were taken captive. it makes his stomach twist again, and if he'd been able to eat something, it might've come back up, but
he swallows it down and watches as Dante goes still. the air around him is stifling and for a moment Wolfwood looks up, wondering if someone else had beat him to the punch of just sending the bitch up in flames.
he shakes his head a little and breathes out in the oppressive heat, moving towards Dante anyway even if he was starting to feel a little less nauseous and a little more No Man's Land, his hands coming to rest on Dante's elbows as he looks up into the man's face and tries to think of--something? anything to say?
the ugly little bead of 'at least it wasn't you' is immediately squashed and condemned to the darkest pits of Wolfwood's mind, the pieces that he's never fully reconciled, that he covers up with tobacco smoke and tar and turns his back on except for when he's completely alone with nothing but himself and the monster in the mirror.
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he swallows it down and watches as Dante goes still. the air around him is stifling and for a moment Wolfwood looks up, wondering if someone else had beat him to the punch of just sending the bitch up in flames.
he shakes his head a little and breathes out in the oppressive heat, moving towards Dante anyway even if he was starting to feel a little less nauseous and a little more No Man's Land, his hands coming to rest on Dante's elbows as he looks up into the man's face and tries to think of--something? anything to say?
the ugly little bead of 'at least it wasn't you' is immediately squashed and condemned to the darkest pits of Wolfwood's mind, the pieces that he's never fully reconciled, that he covers up with tobacco smoke and tar and turns his back on except for when he's completely alone with nothing but himself and the monster in the mirror.
his mouth is so, so dry. ]
... he's safe now. They can't do it again.