[ Flynn says, soft in the face of all that conviction.
He doesn't like it, really. The sense that he should be first— that he should be the one to face the danger, and keep it from anyone else— is so deeply rooted in him that he isn't even entirely aware of it. It's the air he breathes, unable to be contradicted except, maybe, by some very sudden and fierce words and implacable logic.
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[ Flynn says, soft in the face of all that conviction.
He doesn't like it, really. The sense that he should be first— that he should be the one to face the danger, and keep it from anyone else— is so deeply rooted in him that he isn't even entirely aware of it. It's the air he breathes, unable to be contradicted except, maybe, by some very sudden and fierce words and implacable logic.
He can't help but add, even as he shifts aside, ]
You wouldn't leave me there. I know that.