[ It's probably longer than Jinx would like, before he can respond.
Silco is always deliberate, always careful. That he knows he's dead, but that Jinx isn't, leaves him curious. So many had been convinced that they weren't dead, while Silco, able to play it off, certainly believed he was dead. Maybe not? If Jinx is here, fresh off the bridge...
He knew she survived that, because he'd been the one to find her. It's the first shred of real doubt the man felt, and he tapped a finger on his knee -- nervous energy he couldn't help but feel -- as he mulled over the question.
Why? How was she here? ]
Then maybe there's some truth to the rumor that we aren't really dead. I remember that day, and you made it out.
[ A little surgery, a shimmer injection, and the side effects that came with it, maybe, but she'd been alive. Was he not as dead as he'd been convinced? No, he remembered it, the pain and how slow it had felt. He stood, then, and offered a hand, to pull her up.]
This is the Shadowlands, and one of these doors will be yours. [ A pause. He'd been in this same predicament, albeit he'd been alone, fighting off a reaper with voracity. ] That's the only safe place I've seen in this wasteland, until we get to the city.
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Silco is always deliberate, always careful. That he knows he's dead, but that Jinx isn't, leaves him curious. So many had been convinced that they weren't dead, while Silco, able to play it off, certainly believed he was dead. Maybe not? If Jinx is here, fresh off the bridge...
He knew she survived that, because he'd been the one to find her. It's the first shred of real doubt the man felt, and he tapped a finger on his knee -- nervous energy he couldn't help but feel -- as he mulled over the question.
Why? How was she here? ]
Then maybe there's some truth to the rumor that we aren't really dead. I remember that day, and you made it out.
[ A little surgery, a shimmer injection, and the side effects that came with it, maybe, but she'd been alive. Was he not as dead as he'd been convinced? No, he remembered it, the pain and how slow it had felt. He stood, then, and offered a hand, to pull her up.]
This is the Shadowlands, and one of these doors will be yours. [ A pause. He'd been in this same predicament, albeit he'd been alone, fighting off a reaper with voracity. ] That's the only safe place I've seen in this wasteland, until we get to the city.