He doesn't say anything at first, just goes from staring at his phone to staring at her. She waits him out, knowing he has something to say and waiting for him to get it out. Most of the time, she's left steering their conversations, but she wants to know what's going on in his head before she opens her mouth anymore.
When he does speak, the words come out a little more intense than she expected, and she doesn't know how to respond at first. She's still here because she likes him, because this isn't the weirdest hand Darrow or life has dealt her yet and she can handle it. She knows he seems to think she can't, but she also thinks he's not giving her enough credit.
"Hate to break it to you," she says slowly, a small smile on her lips, "but you're not the most messed up thing that's ever happened to me." Maybe he thinks he is, maybe he thinks he's going to hurt her somehow, but she disagrees. "My planet was destroyed, I got shot in the back and I'm partially paralysed. A lot of my friends died and my best friend stabbed my boyfriend in the heart." She takes a breath, eyeing him. There. All out on the table, all her cards laid. He can't hurt her any more than her mother did, than Murphy did, than even Clarke did, so she already knows that anything that happens, she can deal with.
She keeps her tone even, blunt. Darrow has given her room to breathe and move on and Raven knows she's in control of how she feels about everything that came before; she's telling him so he understands, but she's not about to lose it. "You can't hurt me, Elias. I'm made of tougher stuff than that."
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When he does speak, the words come out a little more intense than she expected, and she doesn't know how to respond at first. She's still here because she likes him, because this isn't the weirdest hand Darrow or life has dealt her yet and she can handle it. She knows he seems to think she can't, but she also thinks he's not giving her enough credit.
"Hate to break it to you," she says slowly, a small smile on her lips, "but you're not the most messed up thing that's ever happened to me." Maybe he thinks he is, maybe he thinks he's going to hurt her somehow, but she disagrees. "My planet was destroyed, I got shot in the back and I'm partially paralysed. A lot of my friends died and my best friend stabbed my boyfriend in the heart." She takes a breath, eyeing him. There. All out on the table, all her cards laid. He can't hurt her any more than her mother did, than Murphy did, than even Clarke did, so she already knows that anything that happens, she can deal with.
She keeps her tone even, blunt. Darrow has given her room to breathe and move on and Raven knows she's in control of how she feels about everything that came before; she's telling him so he understands, but she's not about to lose it. "You can't hurt me, Elias. I'm made of tougher stuff than that."