[ it's typically hard to feel any real sense of relief in coming back; the station isn't home, and really, it's been a long time since kovacs had any place that he could refer to with that word. but there's something here in the way of reassured ease, when she accepts the offer of his hand to wrap her fingers around his like it's one last way of promising that she's here, that she's safe.
even if she still has that injury of hers to take care of. he can see that even more than that, she's exhausted, probably even more so than he is. despite all the sleeping done in that castle, there'd clearly been no chance for actual rest, considering the exertion that came from those dreams.
but the relief of his smile is there, huffing a faint hint of a chuckle to her promise, and he briefly brushes his thumb against her knuckles before coaxing her into a walk towards the infirmary. ]
All your other limbs intact? No damage to report elsewhere?
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even if she still has that injury of hers to take care of. he can see that even more than that, she's exhausted, probably even more so than he is. despite all the sleeping done in that castle, there'd clearly been no chance for actual rest, considering the exertion that came from those dreams.
but the relief of his smile is there, huffing a faint hint of a chuckle to her promise, and he briefly brushes his thumb against her knuckles before coaxing her into a walk towards the infirmary. ]
All your other limbs intact? No damage to report elsewhere?