[Marco sighs and folds his arms on the bed and his chin on top of those.]
No?
[He tilts his head like a bird, running down a list of the problems. Which pretty much range from "everything" to a few specifics. 1) Change is hard. And here he'd asked Espio not just to change, but to keep moving forward with them. Yup that was a big headache right there. 2) The Chaotix still weren't here, and indeed, might never be again. Marco couldn't help much with that, except to keep Espio company. 3) .... Actually Marco wasn't sure of the third. Maybe that was part of the problem too. He could be immensely dense.]
[What was the right thing to do here? The wrong thing? This was why Marco hated being captain. Having to figure out right vs. wrong even when he couldn't. Even when he knew damn well that the situation had neither.]
[With Toby it was easy. The kid was a perfect combination of himself and Ace that Marco didn't have to guess so much. With Grell, even if he said the wrong thing, he could do the right thing to fix it. Same with Thatch and Namur. All right, he'd just have to give it his best.]
Luckily for us, I'm in a good mood [a lie] so I'll just stay here and wait yours out until you're ready to talk, eh?
[He quietly ruffles Espio's head through the blanket.] And if you don't want to talk, we can go flying in silence, eh. If you really want, I'll even let you drive.
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No?
[He tilts his head like a bird, running down a list of the problems. Which pretty much range from "everything" to a few specifics. 1) Change is hard. And here he'd asked Espio not just to change, but to keep moving forward with them. Yup that was a big headache right there. 2) The Chaotix still weren't here, and indeed, might never be again. Marco couldn't help much with that, except to keep Espio company. 3) .... Actually Marco wasn't sure of the third. Maybe that was part of the problem too. He could be immensely dense.]
[What was the right thing to do here? The wrong thing? This was why Marco hated being captain. Having to figure out right vs. wrong even when he couldn't. Even when he knew damn well that the situation had neither.]
[With Toby it was easy. The kid was a perfect combination of himself and Ace that Marco didn't have to guess so much. With Grell, even if he said the wrong thing, he could do the right thing to fix it. Same with Thatch and Namur. All right, he'd just have to give it his best.]
Luckily for us, I'm in a good mood [a lie] so I'll just stay here and wait yours out until you're ready to talk, eh?
[He quietly ruffles Espio's head through the blanket.] And if you don't want to talk, we can go flying in silence, eh. If you really want, I'll even let you drive.