[Artemis doesn't resist the hug, even if she's not great at hugging. Her hand goes to M'gann's arm, lightly resting there.
Almost all of her teammates has said something to the same effect. She trusts them, she believes them... but there's some small, cold place in the pit of her belly that is still terrified. She always knew she was going to die eventually--even her mom fell, and she was ten times more skilled than Artemis will ever be--but knowing and knowing are very different things.
And then there's Kaldur. Their friend, their leader... The best of them all.
If she thinks about it too much, she can almost hear Jade's voice mocking her for being so trusting.]
Yeah... yeah, we'll fix it.
[After a moment she gently extracts herself from M'gann's hug, but doesn't move away too far.]
So, what do we need to do? How is this going to work?
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Almost all of her teammates has said something to the same effect. She trusts them, she believes them... but there's some small, cold place in the pit of her belly that is still terrified. She always knew she was going to die eventually--even her mom fell, and she was ten times more skilled than Artemis will ever be--but knowing and knowing are very different things.
And then there's Kaldur. Their friend, their leader... The best of them all.
If she thinks about it too much, she can almost hear Jade's voice mocking her for being so trusting.]
Yeah... yeah, we'll fix it.
[After a moment she gently extracts herself from M'gann's hug, but doesn't move away too far.]
So, what do we need to do? How is this going to work?