[Ana's question is one he's been asking himself for months, even before he'd finally found the key to what he thought would end Jack's life once and for all. The obvious answer was to go back home and pick up where he had left off -- but he'd taken short cuts to achieve what he'd really been after, and it had turned out it wasn't as satisfying as he thought it would be.
He doesn't answer right away, because he can't tell her the honest truth -- that he doesn't know anymore, that what he thought he wanted didn't actually bring him any relief or joy. Because if he said it out loud, then he'd have to acknowledge it himself. And if all of that was true, what had he been doing for so long? Why was he even still here, wasting space and breathing air?
The silence stretches impossibly long. Long enough for Reaper to know that he has likely given himself away. That seems to matter less around Ana, even if he was still upset with her for choosing Jack instead of continuing to strike out on her own.]
Doesn't matter what I want here. "Here" is temporary.
[At least, it would be for Jack, Ana, and Sombra. He hadn't quite decided if it was worth going back yet.]
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He doesn't answer right away, because he can't tell her the honest truth -- that he doesn't know anymore, that what he thought he wanted didn't actually bring him any relief or joy. Because if he said it out loud, then he'd have to acknowledge it himself. And if all of that was true, what had he been doing for so long? Why was he even still here, wasting space and breathing air?
The silence stretches impossibly long. Long enough for Reaper to know that he has likely given himself away. That seems to matter less around Ana, even if he was still upset with her for choosing Jack instead of continuing to strike out on her own.]
Doesn't matter what I want here. "Here" is temporary.
[At least, it would be for Jack, Ana, and Sombra. He hadn't quite decided if it was worth going back yet.]