[Ekko scowls, unhurt but seeing the threat for what it is.
She's right, obviously: she does know so much more about this place than he does, considering he doesn't have the first clue where they are or what's happening. It is admittedly a little bit galling: he's usually the information guy, always sneaking around and gathering intel beneath everyone's noses. Both on account of his deep-seeded paranoia, and just from being a busybody in general. He's not going to be sneaking anywhere on a crutch, though, and certainly not if Jinx aggravates his fracture and sets back the slow, excruciatingly boring healing process in a fit of pique.
Which just means that they've each got something the other needs, nothing more Zaun than that.
He squares his shoulders and doesn't bother looking down at her hand or breaking contact with her Shimmer-bright eyes, because he understands how dangerous she is probably better than anyone except her awful dad who nurtures it, but he's not scared of her nearly as often as he definitely should be. Usually he's just angry at her, or at least trying to be, clinging to anything that makes it easier to forget who they both used to be, because that's gone now.
Except it's not: Vi came back to life full of all that hope and determination about Jinx, and Ekko let it get to him—let himself see what he'd stopped looking for years and years ago. Somehow, they both survived anyway.] Alright. So you know about this place, and I know about dealing with Shimmer addiction. Are we trading?
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She's right, obviously: she does know so much more about this place than he does, considering he doesn't have the first clue where they are or what's happening. It is admittedly a little bit galling: he's usually the information guy, always sneaking around and gathering intel beneath everyone's noses. Both on account of his deep-seeded paranoia, and just from being a busybody in general. He's not going to be sneaking anywhere on a crutch, though, and certainly not if Jinx aggravates his fracture and sets back the slow, excruciatingly boring healing process in a fit of pique.
Which just means that they've each got something the other needs, nothing more Zaun than that.
He squares his shoulders and doesn't bother looking down at her hand or breaking contact with her Shimmer-bright eyes, because he understands how dangerous she is probably better than anyone except her awful dad who nurtures it, but he's not scared of her nearly as often as he definitely should be. Usually he's just angry at her, or at least trying to be, clinging to anything that makes it easier to forget who they both used to be, because that's gone now.
Except it's not: Vi came back to life full of all that hope and determination about Jinx, and Ekko let it get to him—let himself see what he'd stopped looking for years and years ago. Somehow, they both survived anyway.] Alright. So you know about this place, and I know about dealing with Shimmer addiction. Are we trading?