I should be asking you that, Quill--what the hell are you doing here, away from everyone?
[ Her tone is defiant, at first, because she knows the last thing he wants is for her to be here trying to bail him out. That's the only logical reason Kasumi could come up with for his brief message, after all, when she realized it for what it was and not a "Hey I'll be busy, team's got a job out in bumfuck nowhere," message like she had initially thought.
But she can't bring herself to keep up the sass as she's speaking to him and her eyes are flicking rapidly to look at every little cut, bruise, and scab on his face. There's a pause, there, as she processes it all. They did this to him. Then she reaches up with a hand, tentatively and gently touching his cheek, her voice shrinking in concern. ]
And away from me? God, what have those assholes done to you?
[ Calm down, Kasumi, your sentimentality is showing. Asides from her unveiled concern, part of her is just so goddamn relieved that she's finding him with cuts, bruises and scabs and not in a pool of his own blood with his head carved open. So much that for the first time in a long while, Kasumi Goto is having trouble keeping her emotions in check, and the the way her eyes start shining even in the dark with what might actually be tears says just as much. ]
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[ Her tone is defiant, at first, because she knows the last thing he wants is for her to be here trying to bail him out. That's the only logical reason Kasumi could come up with for his brief message, after all, when she realized it for what it was and not a "Hey I'll be busy, team's got a job out in bumfuck nowhere," message like she had initially thought.
But she can't bring herself to keep up the sass as she's speaking to him and her eyes are flicking rapidly to look at every little cut, bruise, and scab on his face. There's a pause, there, as she processes it all. They did this to him. Then she reaches up with a hand, tentatively and gently touching his cheek, her voice shrinking in concern. ]
And away from me? God, what have those assholes done to you?
[ Calm down, Kasumi, your sentimentality is showing. Asides from her unveiled concern, part of her is just so goddamn relieved that she's finding him with cuts, bruises and scabs and not in a pool of his own blood with his head carved open. So much that for the first time in a long while, Kasumi Goto is having trouble keeping her emotions in check, and the the way her eyes start shining even in the dark with what might actually be tears says just as much. ]