[Barbara means more to him than most of the people here, but that makes it harder, in a way, to keep it together. With Riddick, with the Marquis, it was about information, pure and simple. He's good at handling information calmly when he's not on the verge of death. With Barbara and Racetrack, though... he's just not used to being on many people's priority lists, to have people checking in with him for something other than business, and there's about half a second where he kind of just wants to break down at her.
But she's still his boss, and he's made enough of a spectacle of himself today, so he takes a deep breath and flashes her a tight smile.] Hey.
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But she's still his boss, and he's made enough of a spectacle of himself today, so he takes a deep breath and flashes her a tight smile.] Hey.