[ it does mean something to chuck. but what that something is, he can't name. it's a sudden weight in his hands, an entire universe that he has to make sense of yes- but also one he needs to make a place for. he's at an abject loss, and it's written all over his face.
chuck knows how to identify needs and how to meet them. there's a certain degree of clarity involved in moving point a to point b. there are definitions, a pass/fail designation. this- this is something else entirely. he can work with mako standing in the doorway, looking into his face and trying to find some trace of stacker pentecost in his features. some cue to follow, some hint that she can unearth and move towards.
chuck can work with being someone else's ghost because he's done it his whole life.
but she follows up with i wanted to see you and bears down on that last syllable. he'd call bullshit if he had anything to go on. he knows he doesn't. mako probably has a reason, she's the type. her targets are measured, to make every shot count. it's one of the (many) reasons they were never going to be drift compatible. chuck will empty his clip given half the chance, and mako waits it out. checks twice.
he's supposed to say something to this, of that much he's fairly sure. but whatever that something is supposed to be, chuck keeps coming up empty. his weight rolls (subtle, uncomfortable, uncertain) from right to left, and he keeps his silence. ]
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chuck knows how to identify needs and how to meet them. there's a certain degree of clarity involved in moving point a to point b. there are definitions, a pass/fail designation. this- this is something else entirely. he can work with mako standing in the doorway, looking into his face and trying to find some trace of stacker pentecost in his features. some cue to follow, some hint that she can unearth and move towards.
chuck can work with being someone else's ghost because he's done it his whole life.
but she follows up with i wanted to see you and bears down on that last syllable. he'd call bullshit if he had anything to go on. he knows he doesn't. mako probably has a reason, she's the type. her targets are measured, to make every shot count. it's one of the (many) reasons they were never going to be drift compatible. chuck will empty his clip given half the chance, and mako waits it out. checks twice.
he's supposed to say something to this, of that much he's fairly sure. but whatever that something is supposed to be, chuck keeps coming up empty. his weight rolls (subtle, uncomfortable, uncertain) from right to left, and he keeps his silence. ]