Steve's still chewing on the first bit of information - and how B seems to be taking it - when B goes on to the next.
Which, the first thing he has to say is, quietly, "Good. I - that's how I wanted to take it, but you never know."
And there had been a part of him that had been very, very scared that it had not been meant the way he'd heard it. (He really is reliving that vision of B dropping dead an awful lot these days. And he doesn't even have the eidetic memory anymore.)
He finally shifts closer, fitting himself into the space at B's left side, even if he's got to gently nudge a dog this way or that so they can sit hip to hip. He runs through about ten different things he could say in his head, discards them just as fast, before he finally settles on, "I know it's not how they meant it. But I think people like you being here are important."
He isn't sure this isn't the wrong thing to say, too, but it's out, now, so it's what he's got to stick with. He does add, "You know not to abuse the power you have. And you're doing everything you can to take care of the rest of us, and - it's good. You're good, B. You're so good." It doesn't surprise Steve. Not in the least.
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Which, the first thing he has to say is, quietly, "Good. I - that's how I wanted to take it, but you never know."
And there had been a part of him that had been very, very scared that it had not been meant the way he'd heard it. (He really is reliving that vision of B dropping dead an awful lot these days. And he doesn't even have the eidetic memory anymore.)
He finally shifts closer, fitting himself into the space at B's left side, even if he's got to gently nudge a dog this way or that so they can sit hip to hip. He runs through about ten different things he could say in his head, discards them just as fast, before he finally settles on, "I know it's not how they meant it. But I think people like you being here are important."
He isn't sure this isn't the wrong thing to say, too, but it's out, now, so it's what he's got to stick with. He does add, "You know not to abuse the power you have. And you're doing everything you can to take care of the rest of us, and - it's good. You're good, B. You're so good." It doesn't surprise Steve. Not in the least.