[ Perhaps it's the late hour, the world blurred at the edges, but he allows himself to see his mother in the erosion responsibility works on her features. He allows himself to not resent her for it. ]
It will be easier to keep you safe if you share your doubts.
[ He has agreed. His sole condition has been met.
At her words, he looks briefly, almost pleasurably troubled, as though tasting something unfamiliar. He meets her eyes—longer than a moment, longer than is comfortable. ]
I'm capable of more than you're aware. [ He breathes, in and out. He's never had occasion to explain the Force. It's never been necessary. ] I know when people lie. Were we to capture—
[The idea of how useful that must be comes out on an excited breath, almost a gasp. It sounds like something the Doctor would say he can do, without any proof to back it up. She's the one doing the staring then, trying so hard to figure him out.]
How?
[It could be a simple matter of knowing body language. She can tell when someone's lying to her well enough based off that. Maybe it's the same for him.]
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outer_space) wrote2016-02-28 11:31 pm
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It will be easier to keep you safe if you share your doubts.
[ He has agreed. His sole condition has been met.
At her words, he looks briefly, almost pleasurably troubled, as though tasting something unfamiliar. He meets her eyes—longer than a moment, longer than is comfortable. ]
I'm capable of more than you're aware. [ He breathes, in and out. He's never had occasion to explain the Force. It's never been necessary. ] I know when people lie. Were we to capture—
no subject
[The idea of how useful that must be comes out on an excited breath, almost a gasp. It sounds like something the Doctor would say he can do, without any proof to back it up. She's the one doing the staring then, trying so hard to figure him out.]
How?
[It could be a simple matter of knowing body language. She can tell when someone's lying to her well enough based off that. Maybe it's the same for him.]
Tell me, and I'll share all of my doubts.