[ She could tell him to wait, to take his time. (Because they have time now, more than they ever did at home.) Even with new sets of challenges cropping up daily the kaiju weren't here and the sense of urgency that had accompanied the last payload has come and gone, leaving in its wake only the afterimage of its final detonation.
But Chuck is Chuck and makes up his mind when he wants to. (And once it's made, it's never really unmade.) Ready or not, it didn't matter— Chuck was going anyway.
Mako spends the time between his last message and his eventual arrival trying to decide what to do next. Should she meet him out in the hall? Should she wait for him at the door? Without realizing it she walks back and forth between her window and the door several times before forcing herself to sit back down on the bed. She considers contacting Raleigh to tell him but, in the end, doesn't. ]
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But Chuck is Chuck and makes up his mind when he wants to. (And once it's made, it's never really unmade.) Ready or not, it didn't matter—
Chuck was going anyway.
Mako spends the time between his last message and his eventual arrival trying to decide what to do next. Should she meet him out in the hall? Should she wait for him at the door? Without realizing it she walks back and forth between her window and the door several times before forcing herself to sit back down on the bed. She considers contacting Raleigh to tell him but, in the end, doesn't. ]