[Ajax stares down at his food, the silence expected, not sure what's going to happen next. There's a stirring in his chest at the idea of her leaving and never seeing her again, and it doesn't feel good. It's more like a despair that he feels like he just needs to accept, because no reasonable person could ever expect for someone to stick around after being told what he's just told Yoimiya. Ajax knows he's done some unspeakable things during his employment to Nizhnii, but a job's a job, or so he thought. The more he learned about it, the more he despised it- but it made a lot of money, and when you learn that kind of information, you can't just leave.
It's almost a relief to hear her ask questions instead of storming out, though he's unable to lift his head just yet to look her in the eye.]
No.
[It's the simple answer, it won't make his life easier at all.]
As it stands, if they've already discovered we both have some kind of strange power...they'll send someone to take me as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the next time I see anyone from there, I'll be informed that my contract with the corporation has been terminated. Test subjects don't get the freedom to do as they please...and out of all the people I've taken in, none of them have shown the same kind of power I displayed last night. They'll surely take a special interest in me...
[There's another answer too, that goes with that. One that he's still struggling with, how he was worried for her, a complete stranger. There's a lot of questions left unanswered, but one thing he knows for certain is that he can't let them get a hold of her. Something deep down in his core refuses to let it happen, and he shakes his head to try to clear those thoughts out.]
As it stands, we're both in danger. I lost any standing once my arm donned that armor. You don't have to believe me if you don't want to, but there was a reason why I wanted to get those tapes. No doubt Nizhnii has cronies working in every part of the city. Honestly, I don't even know a lot of the details of their inner workings myself. I had to find out by doing my own digging.
no subject
It's almost a relief to hear her ask questions instead of storming out, though he's unable to lift his head just yet to look her in the eye.]
No.
[It's the simple answer, it won't make his life easier at all.]
As it stands, if they've already discovered we both have some kind of strange power...they'll send someone to take me as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the next time I see anyone from there, I'll be informed that my contract with the corporation has been terminated. Test subjects don't get the freedom to do as they please...and out of all the people I've taken in, none of them have shown the same kind of power I displayed last night. They'll surely take a special interest in me...
[There's another answer too, that goes with that. One that he's still struggling with, how he was worried for her, a complete stranger. There's a lot of questions left unanswered, but one thing he knows for certain is that he can't let them get a hold of her. Something deep down in his core refuses to let it happen, and he shakes his head to try to clear those thoughts out.]
As it stands, we're both in danger. I lost any standing once my arm donned that armor. You don't have to believe me if you don't want to, but there was a reason why I wanted to get those tapes. No doubt Nizhnii has cronies working in every part of the city. Honestly, I don't even know a lot of the details of their inner workings myself. I had to find out by doing my own digging.