[Dean shrugs: he's not taking opinions on that. All he has to do is remember all the times Felix has demanded others be accountable, others be better, others look at what is in front of them instead of what they want to believe about themselves and the people around them and he knows. Not wanting to do it is one thing, but he would be good at it if he did.
Freeloading doesn't occur to Dean, of course, though maybe eventually it would have. He thinks on an individual scale, and he is biased towards the people he cares about, and it's not as though Felix wouldn't be an asset whether he chose to actively warden or not. No, instead he hears I had a few ideas and other things I could do and whatever it is that is making it hard for him to stop touching Felix, whatever it is that is helplessly, painfully hopeful, cuts a little deeper.
He smiles.] You know I got no clue how the Admiral works, but I would think so. You're one of what, four people on board qualified to work the engine room that hasn't also tried to take it over, and I don't see people running to take a stab at the laboratory. And there's the annexe: maybe you don't have a doctorate, yet, but you've got a lot rattling around in there that other people don't know and might want to, might need to.
[He tugs lightly at Felix's hip, jostling them mildly without any further intent.] There's still a lotta good you can do. And, knowing you, you will.
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Freeloading doesn't occur to Dean, of course, though maybe eventually it would have. He thinks on an individual scale, and he is biased towards the people he cares about, and it's not as though Felix wouldn't be an asset whether he chose to actively warden or not. No, instead he hears I had a few ideas and other things I could do and whatever it is that is making it hard for him to stop touching Felix, whatever it is that is helplessly, painfully hopeful, cuts a little deeper.
He smiles.] You know I got no clue how the Admiral works, but I would think so. You're one of what, four people on board qualified to work the engine room that hasn't also tried to take it over, and I don't see people running to take a stab at the laboratory. And there's the annexe: maybe you don't have a doctorate, yet, but you've got a lot rattling around in there that other people don't know and might want to, might need to.
[He tugs lightly at Felix's hip, jostling them mildly without any further intent.] There's still a lotta good you can do. And, knowing you, you will.