[The military has made him very good at sitting very still for medical procedures, and he puts all of that into practice as she gets to work. He's no stranger to unanesthetized field medicine, and her hands are deft and gentle. 76 wouldn't want to be tended to by anyone else, but the fact that he's even here in the first place means he's actively combating all of the survival instincts that have run on overdrive for the past six years.
The sutures are perfect as usual. He wouldn't have expected anything less, and he pulls his shirt back down over his torso when she finally sits back. He keeps studying her face.]
Nowhere to send it.
[But he still hasn't forgotten that she's injured. 76 doesn't have much he can offer in that department, unfortunately, though he does reach for his harness, unclipping one of the yellow canisters and sliding it across the table. It's Overwatch tech, like everything else he's stolen, so she'll know what it is and can take it if she wants to. A biotic field isn't a substitute for an actual sit-down with a doctor (like now), but they've kept him going when he really needs it. It'll take the edge off her the injury, if nothing else.
Angela tries to hide her expression, but just as she sees right through him, he can do the same. Maybe it's not blowing his cover--she knows, of course, and probably always has. Maybe it will hurt less if he just confirms it before he leaves. Maybe he's just finally allowing himself to admit (however momentarily) that he's tired.]
You know why I have to do this.
[Hide, and lie to her face, and likely disappear again when this conversation is over. He says it like it's supposed to be an explanation and an apology all in one. Like she's going to instantly forgive him because she of all people has to understand that despite his methods, he's trying with everything he has left to set the record straight. For him. For all of them. She must know that the events leading up to Overwatch's fall were a conspiracy, and that he's in an unfortunate but perfect position to uncover it all. He'll never be able to step back into the public sphere, but he can, at least, clear everyone else in the history books.
76 hates himself for being unable to offer her a straightforward confession. The hitch in her voice is obvious and he knows that even if he could, it's not going to be that easy. He can couch all this in justice and making things right as much as he wants, but on some level, this has always been about vengeance. There's nothing noble in that, and whatever she says to him next is surely what he deserves.]
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The sutures are perfect as usual. He wouldn't have expected anything less, and he pulls his shirt back down over his torso when she finally sits back. He keeps studying her face.]
Nowhere to send it.
[But he still hasn't forgotten that she's injured. 76 doesn't have much he can offer in that department, unfortunately, though he does reach for his harness, unclipping one of the yellow canisters and sliding it across the table. It's Overwatch tech, like everything else he's stolen, so she'll know what it is and can take it if she wants to. A biotic field isn't a substitute for an actual sit-down with a doctor (like now), but they've kept him going when he really needs it. It'll take the edge off her the injury, if nothing else.
Angela tries to hide her expression, but just as she sees right through him, he can do the same. Maybe it's not blowing his cover--she knows, of course, and probably always has. Maybe it will hurt less if he just confirms it before he leaves. Maybe he's just finally allowing himself to admit (however momentarily) that he's tired.]
You know why I have to do this.
[Hide, and lie to her face, and likely disappear again when this conversation is over. He says it like it's supposed to be an explanation and an apology all in one. Like she's going to instantly forgive him because she of all people has to understand that despite his methods, he's trying with everything he has left to set the record straight. For him. For all of them. She must know that the events leading up to Overwatch's fall were a conspiracy, and that he's in an unfortunate but perfect position to uncover it all. He'll never be able to step back into the public sphere, but he can, at least, clear everyone else in the history books.
76 hates himself for being unable to offer her a straightforward confession. The hitch in her voice is obvious and he knows that even if he could, it's not going to be that easy. He can couch all this in justice and making things right as much as he wants, but on some level, this has always been about vengeance. There's nothing noble in that, and whatever she says to him next is surely what he deserves.]