[ And there's that flicker of hope again, a tiny flame that she almost wants to squish out of existence because maybe then it wouldn't hurt so much to be standing in front of him, waiting to be rejected by the only person she wants to be accepted by.
Biting her lip, she considers her options. That doctor who chipped him isn't here, and honestly she's a little hesitant to see him without the chip until she has a better idea of what his life here is actually like. He hadn't wanted the world to end when Angelus had tried, but he'd also never been shy about killing people before the chip stopped that. But... there is something she can do. ]
You can spar with me. Even with the chip, after I came back, you... You could hurt me without feeling pain.
[ You came back wrong. How those words had haunted her. They still did, in a way, because of what they'd been a part of - some of her darkest months that she's so glad to be beyond now. ]
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Biting her lip, she considers her options. That doctor who chipped him isn't here, and honestly she's a little hesitant to see him without the chip until she has a better idea of what his life here is actually like. He hadn't wanted the world to end when Angelus had tried, but he'd also never been shy about killing people before the chip stopped that. But... there is something she can do. ]
You can spar with me. Even with the chip, after I came back, you... You could hurt me without feeling pain.
[ You came back wrong. How those words had haunted her. They still did, in a way, because of what they'd been a part of - some of her darkest months that she's so glad to be beyond now. ]