Oh, put a sock in it. I'm a lot smarter than you think.
[ she understands that he's trouble and a huge pain in her bat butt, and she can't imagine there's much else to understand. Rouge is pretty sure they've thoroughly excavated every gnarly secret his past could possibly hide by now. None of it was intolerably awful. She's not exactly a shining paragon of heroism, herself - that's why the two of them get along.
It's clear she won't be getting to the bottom of whatever's on his mind anytime soon; she'll just have to settle for the pointed reminder that he's not alone for the time being. Things are always slow with him, anyway - knowing Shadow, he probably needs time to brood on what she said in addition to Maria. She'll just hope that there aren't any other nasty surprises waiting for them down here. (Or, if there are, that Shadow's been properly shamed into following her lead after this debacle.) Rouge sighs, glances sidelong at her burned wing for a moment - she's got burn cream, but left it at home, of course - then deigns to turn back to Shadow at last. Who, as it turns out, is still leaking on the floor.
This really doesn't seem good. Irritated though she may be, she finds herself taking a step towards him again. ]
I do keep some emergency bandages on me.
[ "and they're going on you whether you like it or not" is unspoken but implied. All that remains is for her to find out if he's going to make it difficult. ]
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[ she understands that he's trouble and a huge pain in her bat butt, and she can't imagine there's much else to understand. Rouge is pretty sure they've thoroughly excavated every gnarly secret his past could possibly hide by now. None of it was intolerably awful. She's not exactly a shining paragon of heroism, herself - that's why the two of them get along.
It's clear she won't be getting to the bottom of whatever's on his mind anytime soon; she'll just have to settle for the pointed reminder that he's not alone for the time being. Things are always slow with him, anyway - knowing Shadow, he probably needs time to brood on what she said in addition to Maria. She'll just hope that there aren't any other nasty surprises waiting for them down here. (Or, if there are, that Shadow's been properly shamed into following her lead after this debacle.) Rouge sighs, glances sidelong at her burned wing for a moment - she's got burn cream, but left it at home, of course - then deigns to turn back to Shadow at last. Who, as it turns out, is still leaking on the floor.
This really doesn't seem good. Irritated though she may be, she finds herself taking a step towards him again. ]
I do keep some emergency bandages on me.
[ "and they're going on you whether you like it or not" is unspoken but implied. All that remains is for her to find out if he's going to make it difficult. ]