"Me too." He doesn't know what he's going to do if he isn't.
Bu...if Caleb dies, he'll wake up in the luggage car, right? He'll be there waiting for them once this is all over. Right?
Worrying about any of it is borrowing trouble. For now, Essek needs time to recover his strength, and Ryo isn't about to leave him to the nonexistent mercy of the public. He settles in next to Essek, close but not touching, listening to his Sense and keeping an eye on either end of the alley.
(Eventually, Essek will recover enough to walk, and Ryo will help get him someplace safe. Eventually, Ryo will leave him in that safe space to go look for Caleb, and return to find that Essek is missing too. Eventually, but not yet. For now, they rest.)
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Bu...if Caleb dies, he'll wake up in the luggage car, right? He'll be there waiting for them once this is all over. Right?
Worrying about any of it is borrowing trouble. For now, Essek needs time to recover his strength, and Ryo isn't about to leave him to the nonexistent mercy of the public. He settles in next to Essek, close but not touching, listening to his Sense and keeping an eye on either end of the alley.
(Eventually, Essek will recover enough to walk, and Ryo will help get him someplace safe. Eventually, Ryo will leave him in that safe space to go look for Caleb, and return to find that Essek is missing too. Eventually, but not yet. For now, they rest.)