[She reaches to take the sheathed knife. For as small as it is, her hands feel even smaller when she grasps it. She is not a big person, not an imposing figure by any estimation. Regardless of whether or not compensation for that would help, the knife definitely won't fulfill that role.]
[Still, that phrase does apply to her, too. More so in her own world, with her own powers, with her own reach - but that matters little in a place like this.] Hopefully.
[And she tries to smile, though she sobers again quickly as she listens to him intently. His reassurances are... comforting. The first one is her own, in a way; that she will not be alone is a fact she both holds dear and keeps to the front of her mind. Her eyes follow him, and at his request, she nods unhesitatingly even as she tucks away that 'both of them' in the back of her mind.]
[What she means to say waits until he's finished, and by then it's tempered slightly with that concerned look that takes over her expression at the last part.]
... Of course. I would never have it any other way. I'll do my best to look after them. [And she pauses, trying to ease the tension out of her brow as she sets about addressing that last fact.]
It's very brave of you to go. I'll... be looking for you, when we leave. [So try not to disappoint her, okay? Or at least, that seems to be the attempted sentiment, even if she doesn't mean truly to bind him with any sort of guilt, especially regarding herself.] And... thank you. Both for what you're going to do and what you would do. [There's not even the slightest hint of ambiguity about her gratitude; she means it wholeheartedly.]
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[Still, that phrase does apply to her, too. More so in her own world, with her own powers, with her own reach - but that matters little in a place like this.] Hopefully.
[And she tries to smile, though she sobers again quickly as she listens to him intently. His reassurances are... comforting. The first one is her own, in a way; that she will not be alone is a fact she both holds dear and keeps to the front of her mind. Her eyes follow him, and at his request, she nods unhesitatingly even as she tucks away that 'both of them' in the back of her mind.]
[What she means to say waits until he's finished, and by then it's tempered slightly with that concerned look that takes over her expression at the last part.]
... Of course. I would never have it any other way. I'll do my best to look after them. [And she pauses, trying to ease the tension out of her brow as she sets about addressing that last fact.]
It's very brave of you to go. I'll... be looking for you, when we leave. [So try not to disappoint her, okay? Or at least, that seems to be the attempted sentiment, even if she doesn't mean truly to bind him with any sort of guilt, especially regarding herself.] And... thank you. Both for what you're going to do and what you would do. [There's not even the slightest hint of ambiguity about her gratitude; she means it wholeheartedly.]