[She smiles at her phone but it's an aching, almost horrid expression.]
it's going to be a long time before it does anything but hurt. that's why I'm here.
[So he doesn't have to bear the force of it alone. To the rest of that ... It's difficult to formulate a response that isn't an angry scream, because she hates that, too. That anyone might think Boxer would do anything but protect everyone from the smallest human child to the biggest monsterkind. She doesn't think him incapable of aggression, but he's so - The man's just so fucking gentle that it's almost to his own detriment!
So to think of someone insisting that he did it, that he would ever watch someone fade out in the last few seconds, that he might not be made sick by it - It's disgusting.
But she can't be quiet the whole time. He needs her. And it's about him right now - has to be.]
it could have been anything from an accident to a silly prank, Boxer, it's the police's job to figure out. You can't be everywhere in every single moment, and one instance doesn't undo the people you have saved.
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it's going to be a long time before it does anything but hurt. that's why I'm here.
[So he doesn't have to bear the force of it alone. To the rest of that ... It's difficult to formulate a response that isn't an angry scream, because she hates that, too. That anyone might think Boxer would do anything but protect everyone from the smallest human child to the biggest monsterkind. She doesn't think him incapable of aggression, but he's so - The man's just so fucking gentle that it's almost to his own detriment!
So to think of someone insisting that he did it, that he would ever watch someone fade out in the last few seconds, that he might not be made sick by it - It's disgusting.
But she can't be quiet the whole time. He needs her. And it's about him right now - has to be.]
it could have been anything from an accident to a silly prank, Boxer, it's the police's job to figure out. You can't be everywhere in every single moment, and one instance doesn't undo the people you have saved.
[Statistically, it's just impossible.]