[ she's still angry, even as she lets him say what he needs to. a big part of her wants to ignore what he's telling her and keep fighting him instead, but he doesn't deny any of it, admitting she's got no reason to trust him.
she doesn't want to. she wants to keep being angry, let it control her actions and take her hurt and frustration out on him. but then he mentions jam pony, that they'd been discovered as x5s, and she knows she hadn't told him about that. manticore has no reason to know about it, it can't have been something he'd learned from them. maybe they could have gotten it from zack, back when he'd turned himself in for her...but then why had they never gone after her?
it's the truth. she doesn't want to accept it, but she knows it.
her stance relaxes slightly, her fists unclench, and her expression shifts from fury to shock. ]
You're not lying. [ her voice is soft, as if she has to confirm it to herself before she proceeds with the conversation. she swallows, her voice a little louder now. ] What do you mean, we'd been found out? Who found us out?
[ mathias had shown her burning manticore down, too. everyone was free. it should have been over.
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she doesn't want to. she wants to keep being angry, let it control her actions and take her hurt and frustration out on him. but then he mentions jam pony, that they'd been discovered as x5s, and she knows she hadn't told him about that. manticore has no reason to know about it, it can't have been something he'd learned from them. maybe they could have gotten it from zack, back when he'd turned himself in for her...but then why had they never gone after her?
it's the truth. she doesn't want to accept it, but she knows it.
her stance relaxes slightly, her fists unclench, and her expression shifts from fury to shock. ]
You're not lying. [ her voice is soft, as if she has to confirm it to herself before she proceeds with the conversation. she swallows, her voice a little louder now. ] What do you mean, we'd been found out? Who found us out?
[ mathias had shown her burning manticore down, too. everyone was free. it should have been over.
shouldn't it? ]