The warning edge, that comes free of pretense. To rely on another person can be beneficial as an elective choice; needing to, that's an offensive enough condition that he must consciously rein back his reaction to it. In doing so, he resets his posture, shifts his gaze restlessly and then returns to leaning it heavily upon Ralston.
"Should safety become a concern, I expect you will do whatever benefits your interests."
So, in other words: yes.
"You're the only one here I would trust with this."
This must be a very difficult thing to admit. See how he conceals his discomfort, like he expects to be turned away, like he resents how vulnerable he must make himself but has no other choice—that they've pledged themselves to a common goal outside of Thorne's ambitions makes Ralston the only real person who might be even half-genuinely invested in his survival, and oh, he hates it—
no subject
The warning edge, that comes free of pretense. To rely on another person can be beneficial as an elective choice; needing to, that's an offensive enough condition that he must consciously rein back his reaction to it. In doing so, he resets his posture, shifts his gaze restlessly and then returns to leaning it heavily upon Ralston.
"Should safety become a concern, I expect you will do whatever benefits your interests."
So, in other words: yes.
"You're the only one here I would trust with this."
This must be a very difficult thing to admit. See how he conceals his discomfort, like he expects to be turned away, like he resents how vulnerable he must make himself but has no other choice—that they've pledged themselves to a common goal outside of Thorne's ambitions makes Ralston the only real person who might be even half-genuinely invested in his survival, and oh, he hates it—
(He's had centuries to practise lying, too.)