[That's a lot. Every word of that is wrapped up in implications so wide and heavy it both blows the smaller concerns of the compulsion on Algric and Jon, and the upcoming ritual, entirely out of the water.
And then, in almost the next moment, breathes new, acute urgency into foiling them.
But then... then that last bit. That's where it hits, good and personal, deep under the skin that still itches sometimes. Still drags up the memory of the two of them dropping under Prentiss attack, the futile attempts to shield each other.]
Why-
Why did he need us- us half eaten? What the hell does that figure into immortality? He let that thing wear her face. To only get us a LITTLE killed?
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And then, in almost the next moment, breathes new, acute urgency into foiling them.
But then... then that last bit. That's where it hits, good and personal, deep under the skin that still itches sometimes. Still drags up the memory of the two of them dropping under Prentiss attack, the futile attempts to shield each other.]
Why-
Why did he need us- us half eaten? What the hell does that figure into immortality? He let that thing wear her face. To only get us a LITTLE killed?