She starts, but cuts herself off with a frown. Of course he would think this is his fault, something he's done wrong to cause Jesse to no longer want to work with him.
"He isn't here anymore, Credence. The Admiral doesn't just re-pair people if the other person hasn't left for good. Even when wardens only leave for a break they stay paired up."
Maybe she could have done that more delicately, but there's nothing to be done about it now. She follows him to the bed, sits down beside him and puts her hand delicately on one of his wrists.
"I'm sorry that he left before you had the chance to say goodbye. I didn't know him very well, but I don't think he would have done that on purpose. People don't always have a choice in when they're sent away."
"Rey," she reminds him gently. "Is there anything he was making sure you had access to while you were paired? Anything that his leaving will disrupt?"
She really doesn't know much about Credence and his needs, now that she really thinks about it, but it shouldn't be too difficult for her to find a way to meet them.
"No, Miss Rey." He shakes his head. "I didn't ask him for anything."
He thinks faintly of watching animals on Jesse's television and how he'll
miss it, the vivid color and undemanding company, but he knows that was an
indulgence.
That's not a surprise, that he didn't ask. She would have more than expected that, and she trusts that Jesse was a good warden to him, saw to whatever little things he might have picked up on that Credence might benefit from.
"How do you usually spend your time here?" She asks now, wondering if she'll get any hints from his answer.
"I work in maintenance with Mr Coldwater," he says, "and with Mrs Jennings,
in the kitchen, sometimes, if she asks me. I make sure the chapel is clean
and tidy. And I study my scripture."
That makes her smile a little, pleased with the idea of Credence learning to work with his hands, learn a trade she's sure would get him far if he wanted it to, and glad that he did end up in the kitchen. She doesn't know Quentin outside of the last breach, but she knows and trusts Elizabeth. Those both sound like good places for him to be.
"I don't think there's any reason to change that, then. With us just being paired for the month there isn't a lot that I can do for you, but I think we both know that sometimes just company, not feeling so alone, can go a long way."
She's never really stopped to talk to him about the way he stayed with her in Zero when she was locked up, the comfort his continual presence brought to her, but this is a way to try to do that, to thank him for it.
"Yes," he murmurs, understanding what she's looking back to.
Sometimes - he remembers when him or one of his sisters had fallen foul of
their mother's temper, they would just sit together for a while. No words,
little touch, just - company. It helped. A palpable reminder that they were
not alone in their struggles.
"...Do you think something bad will happen with the other ship?"
"Yes," she answers honestly, because lying to him won't get them anywhere. "But I intend to stay here. If anything does happen I'd rather defend my home than be on the front lines."
She has the powers to do good there, striking out to take resources for herself is first nature, but it's different here, now. The barge is different, not her downed AT-AT and she wouldn't be the only person she had to keep safe. Better to be ready to fight here, in territory she knows, where her presence might bring peace of mind to the inmates who are stuck where they are.
"You won't, Credence. And even if it's not this month, I'd still make sure you were alright."
Just because they're friends like that, she'd like to think. She would hope that he knows, and she thinks that maybe he does and just isn't sure what it really means. Maybe he knows, but doesn't know how to process and accept it.
"A lot of the people I- cared about, here, they've gone now. My first inmate, people I didn't realize were my friends until they'd gone, they've all disappeared." She says, voice going a little softer now. "So I want to make sure the people I do still have are safe. That includes you, whether or not we're paired."
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Date: 2017-05-01 11:36 am (UTC)"....Not if he doesn't want to see me, miss."
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Date: 2017-05-01 04:15 pm (UTC)She starts, but cuts herself off with a frown. Of course he would think this is his fault, something he's done wrong to cause Jesse to no longer want to work with him.
"He isn't here anymore, Credence. The Admiral doesn't just re-pair people if the other person hasn't left for good. Even when wardens only leave for a break they stay paired up."
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Date: 2017-05-01 06:25 pm (UTC)"Oh. He's - gone?"
He sits down on the end of his bed, clasping his hands together.
Annie will be so upset. If she doesn't know already.
"...I understand."
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:05 pm (UTC)"I'm sorry that he left before you had the chance to say goodbye. I didn't know him very well, but I don't think he would have done that on purpose. People don't always have a choice in when they're sent away."
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:08 pm (UTC)Credence starts at the touch but doesn't flinch away.
"I've heard people talk about that. Sometimes people just...disappear."
He swallows.
"It's alright, miss. I didn't know him very well."
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:11 pm (UTC)She really doesn't know much about Credence and his needs, now that she really thinks about it, but it shouldn't be too difficult for her to find a way to meet them.
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:18 pm (UTC)"No, Miss Rey." He shakes his head. "I didn't ask him for anything."
He thinks faintly of watching animals on Jesse's television and how he'll miss it, the vivid color and undemanding company, but he knows that was an indulgence.
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:26 pm (UTC)"How do you usually spend your time here?" She asks now, wondering if she'll get any hints from his answer.
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:31 pm (UTC)"I work in maintenance with Mr Coldwater," he says, "and with Mrs Jennings, in the kitchen, sometimes, if she asks me. I make sure the chapel is clean and tidy. And I study my scripture."
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:41 pm (UTC)"I don't think there's any reason to change that, then. With us just being paired for the month there isn't a lot that I can do for you, but I think we both know that sometimes just company, not feeling so alone, can go a long way."
She's never really stopped to talk to him about the way he stayed with her in Zero when she was locked up, the comfort his continual presence brought to her, but this is a way to try to do that, to thank him for it.
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Date: 2017-05-01 09:51 pm (UTC)"Yes," he murmurs, understanding what she's looking back to.
Sometimes - he remembers when him or one of his sisters had fallen foul of their mother's temper, they would just sit together for a while. No words, little touch, just - company. It helped. A palpable reminder that they were not alone in their struggles.
"...Do you think something bad will happen with the other ship?"
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Date: 2017-05-03 04:31 pm (UTC)She has the powers to do good there, striking out to take resources for herself is first nature, but it's different here, now. The barge is different, not her downed AT-AT and she wouldn't be the only person she had to keep safe. Better to be ready to fight here, in territory she knows, where her presence might bring peace of mind to the inmates who are stuck where they are.
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Date: 2017-05-03 05:50 pm (UTC)Credence nods.
"I - if it's this month - I'll try not to cause you any trouble, Miss Rey."
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Date: 2017-05-14 10:54 pm (UTC)Just because they're friends like that, she'd like to think. She would hope that he knows, and she thinks that maybe he does and just isn't sure what it really means. Maybe he knows, but doesn't know how to process and accept it.
"A lot of the people I- cared about, here, they've gone now. My first inmate, people I didn't realize were my friends until they'd gone, they've all disappeared." She says, voice going a little softer now. "So I want to make sure the people I do still have are safe. That includes you, whether or not we're paired."