That smile stays in place, but his hands are shaking. ]
... yeah, she will. [ She will. Present tense auxiliary verb denoting an expectation of the future.
He'd feared they were all dead and hoped they had survived when the Thirds went haywire. He'd known Allen lived only because he knew Road had been hurt defending him in some other circumstance.
But Lenalee, at least, is alive.
That smile's sill in place, but there's something wet on his cheek and he doesn't even notice it. ]
2/2
[ But something in him cracks at Lenalee's name.
That smile stays in place, but his hands are shaking. ]
... yeah, she will. [ She will. Present tense auxiliary verb denoting an expectation of the future.
He'd feared they were all dead and hoped they had survived when the Thirds went haywire. He'd known Allen lived only because he knew Road had been hurt defending him in some other circumstance.
But Lenalee, at least, is alive.
That smile's sill in place, but there's something wet on his cheek and he doesn't even notice it. ]