017 [video]

[fn_rebel]

[When the feed clicks on, Jet looks more than tired.  He's exhausted and drained, physically and emotionally.  He's also given up trying to hide it.  He scratches at his eye with the heel of his hand and looks up to the PCD, pausing as though unsure what it was he wanted to say.   He turned it on for something, right?  Or had it turned itself on

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[kyasdaughter]

[And, a few minutes later, she'll pad down into the kitchen, cat in her arms. Her face is a little drawn, but she doesn't seem exhausted.]

Jet.

You need to rest.

[fn_rebel]

[He shrugs a little, leaning forward to rest his chin on his crossed arms.]

You're sure I died, right?

[kyasdaughter]

[-- oh.]

The damage.. it couldn't be healed. Your lungs were filling up with blood, Jet.

[fn_rebel]

[Yeah...he's still not looking in her direction.]

But...you saw me die, right? You saw it happen? You-- know I didn't make it out from under that lake?

[kyasdaughter]

Jet --

[It can't be easy for him to hear. It's not easier for her to say.]

You were dying when we left. There was no way..

[fn_rebel]

[He lifts his head and looks at her, lidded eyes and all. His voice has an unusual coldness to it.]

Did you watch me die? Yes or no.

[kyasdaughter]

..no. The Dai Li were coming.

[fn_rebel]

[He opens his mouth, but only an exhale escapes his lips. He props his head up on his elbow, staring off as he tries his best to envision it.]

They told me I lived. They said the wounds were healed and you left me...I was locked under the lake with them.

[kyasdaughter]

.. Smellerbee and Longshot were with you. No force in the world could have dragged them away from you.

[fn_rebel]

That force was enough to get you to leave.

[kyasdaughter]

-- we couldn't have stayed, Jet!

[There's panic creeping into her expression now.]

We would have been captured. Again.

[fn_rebel]

[The change in her tone makes him twitch a little, but other than that he makes no acknowledgement to it.]

So how do you know they weren't?

[kyasdaughter]

I don't - know. They wanted to stay. With you. It - happened fast, okay?

[fn_rebel]

I'm not blaming you I'm-- what if they were captured? What if I don't die? At least not right away? What if Long Feng keeps me under that lake and...

[He lets his voice fade away.]

[kyasdaughter]

You told me you'd be fine. But you weren't - there's no way, Jet. Not knowing what I know now about healing, about the body - you were dying. Fast.

[But she's backing up now, toward the stairs.]

[fn_rebel]

...leaving, again?