[Bringing up 2B previously had not gone well. A2 doesn't know how to answer in a way that 9S will accept. She's not sure if she ever will have an answer he'll accept.]
Because you're hurt. [Because she'd promised a dead woman, because she was tired of fighting, of killing. Tired of existing surrounded by death. And now here they were.
It's the only answer she can think to give. She braces herself, then cinches an arm around his waist to lift him to his feet easily before standing herself.]
Lean against me. If you can't walk, I'll carry you.
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Because you're hurt. [Because she'd promised a dead woman, because she was tired of fighting, of killing. Tired of existing surrounded by death. And now here they were.
It's the only answer she can think to give. She braces herself, then cinches an arm around his waist to lift him to his feet easily before standing herself.]
Lean against me. If you can't walk, I'll carry you.