（ wow, rude. there's a brief flicker of something in his expression — insecurity? hurt? hard to say. in any case, it's there and gone behind a carefully schooled neutrality. ）
Yeah.
（ he presses the heel of his hand against his sternum, rubbing deep over the bone like he's expecting it to ache. ）
We should probably get back to the others.
（ while it's entirely possible the others they arrived with are plants meant to gain their trust, it's just as possible they're all in this same, shitty boat together. which means it's his job to protect them, too. aidan comes first, but — it doesn't mean he's going to ignore the others. ）
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Yeah.
（ he presses the heel of his hand against his sternum, rubbing deep over the bone like he's expecting it to ache. ）
We should probably get back to the others.
（ while it's entirely possible the others they arrived with are plants meant to gain their trust, it's just as possible they're all in this same, shitty boat together. which means it's his job to protect them, too. aidan comes first, but — it doesn't mean he's going to ignore the others. ）