two (voice) ✖ (hypothesis)

[bioweaponed]

[ Crackling in, Savannah doesn't mean to say it, but he can only groan in defeat. ]

Foul trick... no, foul play. Both the Montagues and Capulets will face their deaths; civil blood is not needed to make civil hands unclean.

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shh, I'm not on hiatus or anything.

[adeios]

[ .~. Cas' voice is very quiet and very soft. ]

Hannah... Hannah, tell me it is you, and that all the other voices in my head have been but phantoms. It's too ridiculous to be true.

I should never have left Avatica--

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[adeios]

[ ...that strikes a chord in Cassian, and he can be heard drawing in a sharp breath. He squeezes his eyes shut, flushing with anxiety at the very idea. He would never allow himself to fall in battle without reaching the one thing he has suffered all this time to obtain, but Savannah-- ]

I will fight them for us both. [ But there is a tremor in Cassian's voice, more audible than before. ]

I would never let them cost me you.

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[bioweaponed]

[ He breathes for a moment, before chuckling softly. ]

I am... immensely glad we see eye-to-eye. Cas.

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[adeios]

...stay safe for me then, Savannah. I beg of you.

[ Because the one sure way to make Cas genuinely afraid is this. He can bear the loss of his men, his health, his pride. Anything. Anything but this. ]

I believe strongly in myself. I believe I can endure all this world can force upon but one thing.

...I could not survive the loss of you.

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[bioweaponed]

... Cassian.

... I will stay safe. For both of us.

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[adeios]

That is all I ever need to know.

I will take the very throne if I must, Savannah, but I will find a way to give you peace.

[ Because if he truly has Savannah for his own, then he does not even need war. ]

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[bioweaponed]

You will not act alone. What better place to be safe than to be beside you?

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[adeios]

...how am I supposed to pull utterly reckless stunts with you hovering over my shoulder, Hannah? [ But Cassian is smiling, so much so that it hurts. ]

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[bioweaponed]

Tell me so I can look the other way, of course.

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[adeios]

And here I thought for a brief, fleeing moment that you could not be any more perfect. I will never make that mistake again.

...now are you going to keep me waiting all day?

[ .w. Now he wants to see you really badly. For cuddles. ]

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[bioweaponed]

... of course not.

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[adeios]

Hurry, then. [ And here are Cas' exact coordinates. He's just going to. ...pace nervously until you get here. And fret about what he ought to say.

... .w. ]