( Someone to protect her from her good intentions? Probably not--she's killed before, when she had to, in self-defense, when she took to the battlefield for the sake of her work and the world. She doesn't think she's weak, or exploitable.
Of course, if he also offered himself as such, she would flat-out refuse. She would accept help from a consenting person, but not from an abused dog seeking a new master. To use him in such a way, she would never be able to do that, and just the idea of it reminds her too much of him. The man who she watched suffer for years, unable to help him, or to even reach him. )
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Date: 2017-08-16 08:30 pm (UTC)Of course, if he also offered himself as such, she would flat-out refuse. She would accept help from a consenting person, but not from an abused dog seeking a new master. To use him in such a way, she would never be able to do that, and just the idea of it reminds her too much of him. The man who she watched suffer for years, unable to help him, or to even reach him. )
Really?
Why did you rescue me, then?
And why do you think I'm helping you?