KORBIN
Remember when I swore
That you and I would never die
That you and I would never die
She didn't laugh or roll her eyes. Neither did she chide him. All things he had expected... but they did not come. Korbin gazed at her with stubbornly set jaws, and the expression only faltered slightly when he read her response.
It did falter though. A slight softening, a hint of guilt, of compassion... Then the raven bit his teeth together as if to steel himself against the emotions.
"Even if that's true, it still gets me involved. And I don't want to be. He can find someone else to fix, I'm not a renovation project for him to use as therapy." It was humiliating, annoying, and it made him feel inferior when the guy looked at him like he was a child to be taken care of. Loren wasn't old enough that it would be taken as genuine, not enough for Korbin to respect whatever small difference there might be in accumulated experience. Even Sunjata had more to find there, for all that Korbin loathed the man.
It wasn't even that he didn't care about Loren. That was never the problem. The thing was, Korbin felt himself starting to care too damn much, and it made him scared. Keeping the Healer at a distance was an act of self preservation; he still hadn't earned the trust of the young raven, still hadn't proved he wouldn't disappear or die when things became rough.
Only time could mend that.
It did falter though. A slight softening, a hint of guilt, of compassion... Then the raven bit his teeth together as if to steel himself against the emotions.
"Even if that's true, it still gets me involved. And I don't want to be. He can find someone else to fix, I'm not a renovation project for him to use as therapy." It was humiliating, annoying, and it made him feel inferior when the guy looked at him like he was a child to be taken care of. Loren wasn't old enough that it would be taken as genuine, not enough for Korbin to respect whatever small difference there might be in accumulated experience. Even Sunjata had more to find there, for all that Korbin loathed the man.
It wasn't even that he didn't care about Loren. That was never the problem. The thing was, Korbin felt himself starting to care too damn much, and it made him scared. Keeping the Healer at a distance was an act of self preservation; he still hadn't earned the trust of the young raven, still hadn't proved he wouldn't disappear or die when things became rough.
Only time could mend that.
Remember when you swore
we had it all?
we had it all?
