[ clear and simple. peggy won't mention the tears -- not to jemma, because she puts some value in her own hide and because she can remember the fierce flare of protectiveness the woman had exhibited during that one event.
no, she's here to gauge how much goodwill she'd burned through in that one afternoon -- not burn through more of it in the process. to that end, she charts a rather oblique approach to her concerns. she chooses not to mention that they had discussed the portal incident at all. ]
I suppose I'm wondering whether the whole mess took a bit too much out of him. He insists he views it as a success, that no one got hurt and we got the answers we wanted, but I'm not certain whether he's being objective about it.
[ there was the bit slipped out about grant ward, after all. and it had been that twist in the conversation that had brought them to discuss other choices. ]
no subject
[ clear and simple. peggy won't mention the tears -- not to jemma, because she puts some value in her own hide and because she can remember the fierce flare of protectiveness the woman had exhibited during that one event.
no, she's here to gauge how much goodwill she'd burned through in that one afternoon -- not burn through more of it in the process. to that end, she charts a rather oblique approach to her concerns. she chooses not to mention that they had discussed the portal incident at all. ]
I suppose I'm wondering whether the whole mess took a bit too much out of him. He insists he views it as a success, that no one got hurt and we got the answers we wanted, but I'm not certain whether he's being objective about it.
[ there was the bit slipped out about grant ward, after all. and it had been that twist in the conversation that had brought them to discuss other choices. ]