I'll work on it with you, next time we get to training. [It's a casual offer, even Bellamy's tone is careless about it. It's a nonissue.]
[He frowns. Hiro is right, and Bellamy is plenty guilty of doing the same thing, refusing to acknowledge when he's not okay, especially if there are more pressing matters.] No, you're right. It's harder when the time isn't there. But you don't have to pretend right now.
[He doesn't answer the question right away. His eyebrows scrunch, and he's pointedly not looking at Hiro. Only belatedly does he realize what the kid's called him, and it's the nickname usage that has him answering honestly.] No. I wasn't allowed to be there.
[Since he wasn't the parent, there was no law that would float him. But he kept Octavia hidden alongside his mother. He was punished in other ways (no visitation to his sister, a demotion, a quiet empty apartment), that sometimes the floating felt like the kinder option.]
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[He frowns. Hiro is right, and Bellamy is plenty guilty of doing the same thing, refusing to acknowledge when he's not okay, especially if there are more pressing matters.] No, you're right. It's harder when the time isn't there. But you don't have to pretend right now.
[He doesn't answer the question right away. His eyebrows scrunch, and he's pointedly not looking at Hiro. Only belatedly does he realize what the kid's called him, and it's the nickname usage that has him answering honestly.] No. I wasn't allowed to be there.
[Since he wasn't the parent, there was no law that would float him. But he kept Octavia hidden alongside his mother. He was punished in other ways (no visitation to his sister, a demotion, a quiet empty apartment), that sometimes the floating felt like the kinder option.]