[ Because there's only so much Mako can do to even out the playing field, and she can't do that when Raleigh doesn't put himself on that level -- not that she can blame him; he literally has spent years having it beaten out of him and Mako understands it entirely.
They've come a long, long way, and the journey had been rough -- because they are essentially two very different people from two very different worlds. Mako softens, regarding him. ]
[They really have come a long way from the day that Chuck tossed him at her with a laugh. They're not the same people but oh, sometimes it's just hard. Hard for Raleigh to shake what was beaten into his head and he reverts back to that same sex slave who keeps his mouth shut and his head down and does what he's told, pleases when he's needed.
Even right now, he struggles to meet her gaze completely head on, looking more at her cheek than meeting her eyes.]
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[ Because there's only so much Mako can do to even out the playing field, and she can't do that when Raleigh doesn't put himself on that level -- not that she can blame him; he literally has spent years having it beaten out of him and Mako understands it entirely.
They've come a long, long way, and the journey had been rough -- because they are essentially two very different people from two very different worlds. Mako softens, regarding him. ]
Do you know who you are to me, Raleigh?
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Even right now, he struggles to meet her gaze completely head on, looking more at her cheek than meeting her eyes.]
Course I do.