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[bleak_midwinter]

Some people seem invincible.

[witness_this]

There were a lot of things I could throw myself between- you know, they shot a hail of bullets at us and I took Cheedo to the ground in a tackle, that kind of thing. Splendid was the only one who put her body between me and danger. She knew Joe wouldn't risk the child, so she'd stand on the lip of the rig, hanging on to the door, swaying out into space with her full, full belly, so he couldn't snipe past her and clip me as I drove.

[bleak_midwinter]

[He can't imagine the horror of it all, so alien from his own nightmares. So he rubs her head again and makes a soft, sympathetic sound.]

She'll be worth the deal. I can hear that.

[witness_this]

After what happened, you have to know I'm going to be shielding your body with mine from machine gun fire, for the next few times.

[Just, be braced for that.]

[bleak_midwinter]

I've never been protected like that.

[Not because his family doesn't love him enough: he just never gave them a chance to. He sounds deeply grateful that she would, now.]

[witness_this]

My first time since my mother died was here.

[She admits, because she knows.]

[bleak_midwinter]

I won't tell you not to, since I'd do the same.

[witness_this]

We'll try hard not to get shot at.

[bleak_midwinter]

That's a probably the best we can do.