[Breathe. She doesn't audibly do that, but she does take a moment to count to five.
She won't fight back. She wants to, but there's no point in it. That won't help anyone, and she can see where the misunderstanding happened.]
This is how I'm used to handling things, Stephen. ["Back home" goes unspoken. Clarke doesn't use the L word again, not here.
She's calmer in her tone, less likely to seep agitation. Clarke has always been able to swallow that down when asked. Or when she sees that she needs to. She's not completely unreasonable, she just refuses to beg for his tutelage.]
I'm starting to think that you're the same. Fine. But this is twice now that you've told me what I'll do and what I'll learn. Once was during a crisis. This isn't a crisis. Not an immediate one. [A long-term crisis? Yes. Absolutely.]
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She won't fight back. She wants to, but there's no point in it. That won't help anyone, and she can see where the misunderstanding happened.]
This is how I'm used to handling things, Stephen. ["Back home" goes unspoken. Clarke doesn't use the L word again, not here.
She's calmer in her tone, less likely to seep agitation. Clarke has always been able to swallow that down when asked. Or when she sees that she needs to. She's not completely unreasonable, she just refuses to beg for his tutelage.]
I'm starting to think that you're the same. Fine. But this is twice now that you've told me what I'll do and what I'll learn. Once was during a crisis. This isn't a crisis. Not an immediate one. [A long-term crisis? Yes. Absolutely.]