I swear I still believe but I don't know
He flinches and that's enough to hurt Ronin, enough for the whole cabin to warble with it very briefly, but the Star doesn't move his hand. There will be time for his own feelings later - and let's not even get to the Remi parts of those feelings, given that he couldn't follow after his husband even if he had wanted to (and he had wanted to). Now is for listening, for doing what they ought to have done before Sunjata had been... well. Fucking killed, put simply.
And so Ronin gives his friend the space to muddle through it, to feel whatever he needs to. And even though it sounds wild, even though it sounds as though it can't possibly be true... he won't let his friend down a second time. Squeezing his shoulder gently, Ronin nods his head. "I didn't believe you when I should have," he says softly. "But I believe you now, Jata. I don't know how it's happened - how your father got here. But... if he is here, then I've got your back. As much as I can, anyway."
And so Ronin gives his friend the space to muddle through it, to feel whatever he needs to. And even though it sounds wild, even though it sounds as though it can't possibly be true... he won't let his friend down a second time. Squeezing his shoulder gently, Ronin nods his head. "I didn't believe you when I should have," he says softly. "But I believe you now, Jata. I don't know how it's happened - how your father got here. But... if he is here, then I've got your back. As much as I can, anyway."
the dark star
