[ He sounds a little bitter about it, but mostly sad and resigned. He's had worse choices to make, honestly. Choices that could have been the difference between saving a lot of lives and ending them. It's just different, when the two possible paths here are to either lie to Diana, or upset her. He doesn't want to do either, but it's not like there's a third option.
Cisco means well, Steve knows, and that's why he doesn't ignore him, nor does he clam up or tell him to leave it. He smiles weakly, shaking his head. ]
It's not that easy. This could be a second chance for me, yes. But it's not to her. She's not done yet— with the war, fighting, that's... that's all still ahead of her. She'll go back in a heartbeat, the moment she has the chance. And I would never ask her to stay, not for my sake.
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[ He sounds a little bitter about it, but mostly sad and resigned. He's had worse choices to make, honestly. Choices that could have been the difference between saving a lot of lives and ending them. It's just different, when the two possible paths here are to either lie to Diana, or upset her. He doesn't want to do either, but it's not like there's a third option.
Cisco means well, Steve knows, and that's why he doesn't ignore him, nor does he clam up or tell him to leave it. He smiles weakly, shaking his head. ]
It's not that easy. This could be a second chance for me, yes. But it's not to her. She's not done yet— with the war, fighting, that's... that's all still ahead of her. She'll go back in a heartbeat, the moment she has the chance. And I would never ask her to stay, not for my sake.