[He doesn't know that - and if he did, he'd be pissed at himself - so her response reassures him, fueling his confidence. He'll pull it off somehow. And she can be waiting for them back home with a smile just like always, No more of this... waiting.
She's waited enough already.
Quietly, he reaches out to rest his hand on her head for a moment. Just a moment- long enough for him to express... something. Something she needs to know. That he hears her, that he understands, that for all his failings and arguing, he still cares. There's no words for it, but even so, he hopes she understands.]
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She's waited enough already.
Quietly, he reaches out to rest his hand on her head for a moment. Just a moment- long enough for him to express... something. Something she needs to know. That he hears her, that he understands, that for all his failings and arguing, he still cares. There's no words for it, but even so, he hopes she understands.]