[ He remains quiet as her fingers trace his face, thoughts racing. Calculating. They will look for him. He's their best asset, of course they'll come looking for him. They will come and find him in the heart of all that Natalia has built up around her and called home, all these years, and they will burn it to the ground. He will let them. He might even kill a few of her new allies himself.
It's enough of an incentive to consider to request on its own, but it deviates from the mission. There's been no such order, and he doesn't act without them anymore. Not generally. He hasn't had to go into cold storage for a long while now, and he doesn't want to do anything to earn a trip back there.
A very small, still human part of him wants to stay simply because she asked it of him. ]
I'm not you. They won't trust me, and they'd be right not to.
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It's enough of an incentive to consider to request on its own, but it deviates from the mission. There's been no such order, and he doesn't act without them anymore. Not generally. He hasn't had to go into cold storage for a long while now, and he doesn't want to do anything to earn a trip back there.
A very small, still human part of him wants to stay simply because she asked it of him. ]
I'm not you. They won't trust me, and they'd be right not to.