[ Although she doesn't give or receive a lot of hugs, Root isn't shy about them in the slightest; she leans in readily and just breathes for a moment as they embrace. When they pull away, she recovers only a little distance, at ease with physical proximity.
She is subtly a little different from the Root that met Charles when she first showed up. She's more sure of herself, more sad, more resolute. The peppy spark comes and goes now, and right now it's gone. ]
Good to be back, [ she agrees. ] I died once already so I figured a second time wouldn't be a big deal, but I wouldn't recommend it. I have a major hangover, for one thing.
[ Root's not going to admit to Shaw anything past a surface that wasn't as easy for me as it looks because she knows Shaw hadn't wanted her to do it in the first place, and is wrestling with some guilt over it, despite her inevitable protestations to the contrary. But here, with Charles, she can say that she hadn't enjoyed death. Root can get herself to do anything, through anything, as she'd told him before-- but it doesn't mean she doesn't feel it. ]
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She is subtly a little different from the Root that met Charles when she first showed up. She's more sure of herself, more sad, more resolute. The peppy spark comes and goes now, and right now it's gone. ]
Good to be back, [ she agrees. ] I died once already so I figured a second time wouldn't be a big deal, but I wouldn't recommend it. I have a major hangover, for one thing.
[ Root's not going to admit to Shaw anything past a surface that wasn't as easy for me as it looks because she knows Shaw hadn't wanted her to do it in the first place, and is wrestling with some guilt over it, despite her inevitable protestations to the contrary. But here, with Charles, she can say that she hadn't enjoyed death. Root can get herself to do anything, through anything, as she'd told him before-- but it doesn't mean she doesn't feel it. ]