[ Alex nods in Taako's direction. yeah. Jonas was trying to do right by her. that colossal idiot. even saving her from this doesn't really save her. but maybe he hadn't even put that together. (or, maybe it doesn't matter, because clearly anything he was trying to do didn't go how he had planned.) ]
Yeah. I didn't... Think he'd do anything. You both - did all you could.
[ she takes another bite of the pie, possibly just for an excuse to think for a second. she almost said 'we' did all we could, but that still doesn't feel right. ]
It's fine. I was planning to be honest about it, anyway. [ Alex would definitely have lied to protect Jonas. but there's no real point to it, now. so it's better to let the truth come out. there's no reason to slow everything down for no reason by trying to cover it up. ]
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Yeah. I didn't... Think he'd do anything. You both - did all you could.
[ she takes another bite of the pie, possibly just for an excuse to think for a second. she almost said 'we' did all we could, but that still doesn't feel right. ]
It's fine. I was planning to be honest about it, anyway. [ Alex would definitely have lied to protect Jonas. but there's no real point to it, now. so it's better to let the truth come out. there's no reason to slow everything down for no reason by trying to cover it up. ]