On being reserved

[robotfightclub]

Let me get this straight. You drop me from one game that happens to have a good chunk of the team there, just to throw me at another that...doesn't.

No, great, thanks. Appreciate it.

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[deusrexmachina]

[It is. Welcome to dealing with Rex Salazar, Arcee.]

When one of those things is my brother and he's with me instead of working for the enemy...

Yeah, definitely an incentive to stay.

[robotfightclub]

[She vents a sigh.]

I get that, really. ...You're not worried about it happening again?

[deusrexmachina]

It happened in the first place because we got separated and he lost hope of ever getting me back. I think he was trying to do what he thought was right after that and it all spun out of control.

Kinda gets back to what I said before about second chances. You know, getting away from being on a bad path and being able to go in another direction.

[robotfightclub]

[Wow, you have no idea how badly she'd love to do that, Rex. Still, it sounds like something she shouldn't be doing. Like it's too easy.]

Don't mean to knock on your brother, but from experience bad people are just bad people. There could always be something else that could trigger it...

Scrap. I mean, I know that isn't pretty to hear, and I hope I'm wrong. Just...don't get your hopes up.

[deusrexmachina]

[Well, that hits a nerve. Rex's eyes narrow a fraction, expression hardening a little.]

Caesar's not a bad person. It's just that he gets caught up in his work and what he thinks is the way to get something done. He needs family to keep him grounded and he lost that when we got separated.

Besides, it's not like people can't change.

[robotfightclub]

[That sort of hits a nerve on her, too. Wow, doesn't that sound familiar? Although, a bit of a less extreme case...]

Look, it's not like I'm wishing him to turn on you again.

But when things seem too good to be true, they usually are. Life lesson, kid, here's hoping your brother proves me wrong.

[deusrexmachina]

[Distant echoes of Six, there. You remind Rex of his partner and mentor, Arcee.]

[A few seconds of silence pass before he responds, her words hitting him a little harder than he'd like.]

Yeah...

Here's to hoping. And that's hope I'm not gonna let go of.