[it takes Lina a second to remember she's in a dream and there might actually be some kind of meaning behind this, too, because right now all she can focus on is the searing pain in her back and the sensation of blood running down her body, and she looks up at Nat with one eye shut in pain, and there's... a right and a wrong answer here.]
[and if she hadn't just been stabbed and Natalia had asked her that, the answer would have been yes without any hesitation. it would've been a very strange question for Nat to ask her, but she would've said yes. right now, though, she grits her teeth and actually has to take a second to think of her answer.]
[after a moment of blood soaking into her clothing, Lina opens her hands and lets the knuckles fall off them. then she takes the offered hand, as though that's answer enough, until she gets the feeling that Natalia is looking for an actual answer instead of just something implicit.]
no subject
[and if she hadn't just been stabbed and Natalia had asked her that, the answer would have been yes without any hesitation. it would've been a very strange question for Nat to ask her, but she would've said yes. right now, though, she grits her teeth and actually has to take a second to think of her answer.]
[after a moment of blood soaking into her clothing, Lina opens her hands and lets the knuckles fall off them. then she takes the offered hand, as though that's answer enough, until she gets the feeling that Natalia is looking for an actual answer instead of just something implicit.]
Yes. I can. I do.