[If Scatty hadn't been so old, hadn't already seen so much--this might have been surreal. But considering everything she had been through over the past ten thousand years, this shouldn't have even been a bump. It shouldn't have even ruffled her metaphorical feathers.
But it did. Because this was Max.]
Don't be. I--[There was no way this wouldn't have sounded awful.]--I preferred that it was me.
[Because nobody else should have had to see that, least of all Ghost. At least Scathach couldn't feel. Humans (she assumed he was human) felt too much. She couldn't even imagine what the pain might have been like. Entirely too visceral.]
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But it did. Because this was Max.]
Don't be. I--[There was no way this wouldn't have sounded awful.]--I preferred that it was me.
[Because nobody else should have had to see that, least of all Ghost. At least Scathach couldn't feel. Humans (she assumed he was human) felt too much. She couldn't even imagine what the pain might have been like. Entirely too visceral.]
And if you feel up to it.