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[He hadn't been planning on weddings and picket fences and two children and happy endings, since that wasn't the sort of person he was, and it wasn't the side of humanity he had ever chosen to imitate. He had, however, pictured friendship and clear, pretty smiles and learning exactly what each of her expressions meant, memorizing her favorite things, getting to know her as well as he knew Liz and Patti.
Little ideas, nothing to really dwell on, quick "what-ifs" about bringing her back home with him, once they all got out of here. He had thought of how she would fit in in Death City, had attempted to go over how she would interact with Kid's closer friends, with Maka and Soul and Black*Star and Tsubaki (and even for a second, the thought of Nill and Crona smiling quiet shy smiles at each other, but Crona was gone, and you can't always get people back).
Nill was gone, and maybe if he had talked to her more, maybe if he had decided that it was okay to offend her father in order to try and make her smile, maybe if he had done something, anything to get to know her better, she would still be here.
And then he'd tried to check on Jackie Estacado.
]
Nill and Jackie Estacado are no longer in Discedo.
[He walks (walks, not runs) downstairs to the apartment to see if Liz and Patti are still here.]
Little ideas, nothing to really dwell on, quick "what-ifs" about bringing her back home with him, once they all got out of here. He had thought of how she would fit in in Death City, had attempted to go over how she would interact with Kid's closer friends, with Maka and Soul and Black*Star and Tsubaki (and even for a second, the thought of Nill and Crona smiling quiet shy smiles at each other, but Crona was gone, and you can't always get people back).
Nill was gone, and maybe if he had talked to her more, maybe if he had decided that it was okay to offend her father in order to try and make her smile, maybe if he had done something, anything to get to know her better, she would still be here.
And then he'd tried to check on Jackie Estacado.
]
Nill and Jackie Estacado are no longer in Discedo.
[He walks (walks, not runs) downstairs to the apartment to see if Liz and Patti are still here.]