[ He looks surprised at the question, and then abashed, as if he should have expected it. And he should have, perhaps, only no one had ever asked him that before. ]
She -
[ Well. It's harder to explain than he'd thought. At least not without either making himself sound terrible, or painting himself as more of a hero than he deserves. Bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt.
He hadn't brought her to anyone, in the end. But he hadn't been able to rescue her, either. ]
We...were partners, of a sort, back in Columbia. Where she came from.
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[ He looks surprised at the question, and then abashed, as if he should have expected it. And he should have, perhaps, only no one had ever asked him that before. ]
She -
[ Well. It's harder to explain than he'd thought. At least not without either making himself sound terrible, or painting himself as more of a hero than he deserves. Bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt.
He hadn't brought her to anyone, in the end. But he hadn't been able to rescue her, either. ]
We...were partners, of a sort, back in Columbia. Where she came from.