He sounds like himself. God, he sounds like himself so much that it's almost hard to remember that what had happened was that he has become a hybrid between demon and human. She just frowns for a moment, sitting there on the bed next to him with her fingers brushing along the line of his head. It's sort of instinct for her to do it now, and Alex isn't going to sit there and unpack all of that. If she tries she's going to lose her mind even more than she has already.
And she kind of definitely feels like she has.
"I'm not an illusion, which probably would be something that an illusion would say, but I'm here, Richard." It's a deliberate choice to use the name that he'd used over and over, only when she says it this time she means this Richard and not the one that she'd loved.
Loves?
But either way, she just sighs and adds, "and I'm not going anywhere, alright?" Which Alex means, that's clear from the way her chin juts out. "If you're going to go up against Warren, you're going to need help. But we can talk about that in the morning. You should try and sleep."
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And she kind of definitely feels like she has.
"I'm not an illusion, which probably would be something that an illusion would say, but I'm here, Richard." It's a deliberate choice to use the name that he'd used over and over, only when she says it this time she means this Richard and not the one that she'd loved.
Loves?
But either way, she just sighs and adds, "and I'm not going anywhere, alright?" Which Alex means, that's clear from the way her chin juts out. "If you're going to go up against Warren, you're going to need help. But we can talk about that in the morning. You should try and sleep."