[ he's aware he's more than a little sensitive about — everything. it's been a tough few weeks-slash-months-slash-life, okay, and he's had to deal with dying and then not dying but having the memory of dying, which cumulatively was a god-awful fucking experience.
he, too, has had to deal with the knowledge that he's a stupid idiot for all-but daring the deadliest woman in the galaxyTM that she wouldn't kill him. and then spoiler! she killed him. and it sucked.
which is to say, he's not convinced that she was angling for just the ship's name, not after the flarking bizarre romance tangent, but it's not something he can realistically argue the point on, so he sidesteps.
and thinks, briefly, of brand's words. ]
Possession I lived in. [ not possession; home.
but also possessions because, like, basically everything he owned was on that ship. ] Milano.
loose spoilers for cates' run on gotg if anyone has not read that yet and somehow still intends to
he, too, has had to deal with the knowledge that he's a stupid idiot for all-but daring the deadliest woman in the galaxyTM that she wouldn't kill him. and then spoiler! she killed him. and it sucked.
which is to say, he's not convinced that she was angling for just the ship's name, not after the flarking bizarre romance tangent, but it's not something he can realistically argue the point on, so he sidesteps.
and thinks, briefly, of brand's words. ]
Possession I lived in. [ not possession; home.
but also possessions because, like, basically everything he owned was on that ship. ] Milano.