He had known to expect some theatrics, obviously. It seems to always go that way. But that doesn't mean that seeing Hester get threatened like that wasn't...frustrating. Let's call it "frustrating". It can't have been anything worse, because he really shouldn't get attached to her. She's just an echo of other people, people who never really existed themselves. He shouldn't dwell on figments. He really shouldn't. The past is the past.
Will waits in the office for her to return, anyway. He did this with the SQUIP too, when it was still around. It never appreciated that; in this, at least, he can comfortably say he's glad to have Hester.]
Week 1, post-intro
He had known to expect some theatrics, obviously. It seems to always go that way. But that doesn't mean that seeing Hester get threatened like that wasn't...frustrating. Let's call it "frustrating". It can't have been anything worse, because he really shouldn't get attached to her. She's just an echo of other people, people who never really existed themselves. He shouldn't dwell on figments. He really shouldn't. The past is the past.
Will waits in the office for her to return, anyway. He did this with the SQUIP too, when it was still around. It never appreciated that; in this, at least, he can comfortably say he's glad to have Hester.]
Are you okay?