[ Long silences, indeed. Mako lets that settle. Tries to imagine asking someone to do it, if things got bad, and is glad, suddenly for Chloe, and for her understanding. ]
...yeah. If it comes to that, that would be the best thing to do. I don't know if I could...
[ She gives a small grunt of sorts of acknowledgement. Mercy killing isn't exactly the easiest of conversations and his agreement to it was at least all she was really looking for. ]
Piles of flammable shit. Pyromaniacs wet dream, probably. Flame dream? That feels less contradictory.
[ Mako snorts darkly to himself, a huff of breath that makes static crackle along the line. ]
Sounds perfect.
[ Literally all he wants to do is set things on fire. Especially since he feels like he's burning up from the inside right now. Fever isn't fun when you've never had one before. ]
[ There's the sound of her keys jingling on the other end as she grabs them. ]
I'll be there in like fifteen minutes. You gonna need help sneaking out? I'm sure you've got a whole gaggle of people telling you to stay in bed and rest.
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[ There is a very, very long pause, during which Mako tries very hard to remove the rough-edged uncertainty from his voice, and largely fails. ]
What if I hurt Bolin? Or you?
[ He drags in a shaky breath, curses quietly. ]
Maybe the junkyard is a good idea.
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If... If it looks like you're going to hurt people, I promise I'll do whatever I can to stop you.
You want me to pick you up?
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...yeah. If it comes to that, that would be the best thing to do. I don't know if I could...
[ He swallows, and goes quiet. ]
Is there anything I can set on fire?
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Piles of flammable shit. Pyromaniacs wet dream, probably. Flame dream? That feels less contradictory.
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[ Mako snorts darkly to himself, a huff of breath that makes static crackle along the line. ]
Sounds perfect.
[ Literally all he wants to do is set things on fire. Especially since he feels like he's burning up from the inside right now. Fever isn't fun when you've never had one before. ]
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[ There's the sound of her keys jingling on the other end as she grabs them. ]
I'll be there in like fifteen minutes. You gonna need help sneaking out? I'm sure you've got a whole gaggle of people telling you to stay in bed and rest.
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[ Thank you Chloe you get him, save him from this soft, comforting, kind hell. ]
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[ She gives him a wink before going to shut off her end of the feed. ]