[ river watches viktor curiously, taking the sight of his augmented hand in stride. the eight hundred years they never lived taught her a lot about this world and the construct of reality around them; she could never begrudge his efforts to control it for himself, to exert power over his own being when so often they are stripped of that autonomy.
she thinks it's part of the tension that exists between viktor's palm - flesh or otherwise - and the bomb fragment that rests in it. his autonomy, power, control - these things were never theirs to keep. ]
You didn't know.
[ it's an observation, not a revelation or even reassurance. river knew this already, assumed as much and can read it from his thoughts and demeanor now. she's not as good at things like emotional comfort, but she can work through the logical. ]
no subject
she thinks it's part of the tension that exists between viktor's palm - flesh or otherwise - and the bomb fragment that rests in it. his autonomy, power, control - these things were never theirs to keep. ]
You didn't know.
[ it's an observation, not a revelation or even reassurance. river knew this already, assumed as much and can read it from his thoughts and demeanor now. she's not as good at things like emotional comfort, but she can work through the logical. ]
They took it from you. How?
[ they don't really need to wonder why. ]