[Getting revenge was a calming presence on her vengeance, he was the balm that helped when she realised no revenge would ever return her parents to her, and no revenge would ever feel enough.
She looks at him for a silent moment, letting those words wash over her. She tries to think about him in the Jaeger with anyone else, and she doesn't see them both surviving. She doesn't see him struggling to get to the surface just because there's a future that he can now picture for himself. And to think, he almost didn't find that.
Gently, she lets her thumb brush under his eyes.]
It's a good thing you knew which buttons to push, then.
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She looks at him for a silent moment, letting those words wash over her. She tries to think about him in the Jaeger with anyone else, and she doesn't see them both surviving. She doesn't see him struggling to get to the surface just because there's a future that he can now picture for himself. And to think, he almost didn't find that.
Gently, she lets her thumb brush under his eyes.]
It's a good thing you knew which buttons to push, then.