Sara nods and she leans her head back against the chair looking up.
She doesn't doubt that part. Leonard is strong. Stubborn. He was always more than he even wanted to believe, and maybe that had been true even at end, but he'd still done it. That was what made a Legend, too. Like Mick had, eventually, in the other world. And Sara had, when she was the last person standing with The Spear in her hand.
It absolutely what it is to be a Legend. What would any of they give to forget that weight even for a minute? How many times would they be asked and pressed and to say no and pushed no and no each time? The Dominators, and Merlyn, and The Spear. Always no. Always to say no to easier. To less pain. To more happiness.
The selfishness that wants back the man she fell in love, the knowledge that he'd always choose to be himself instead of that;
the part of her that absolutely hates having to give all of it back, want to make it better than that, for him, for Mick, for everyone on this ship. Just because she can't actually do it doesn't mean it hasn't taken root in her, too.
And that's it, too -- being a Legend -- wanting least of all to give up that tiny thing right at the bottom, the good they fought and bled to find, in each other, in this team, and most of all in themselves.
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Date: 2018-01-04 03:40 pm (UTC)She doesn't doubt that part. Leonard is strong. Stubborn. He was always more than he even wanted to believe, and maybe that had been true even at end, but he'd still done it. That was what made a Legend, too. Like Mick had, eventually, in the other world. And Sara had, when she was the last person standing with The Spear in her hand.
It absolutely what it is to be a Legend. What would any of they give to forget that weight even for a minute? How many times would they be asked and pressed and to say no and pushed no and no each time? The Dominators, and Merlyn, and The Spear. Always no. Always to say no to easier. To less pain. To more happiness.
The selfishness that wants back the man she fell in love,
the knowledge that he'd always choose to be himself instead of that;
the part of her that absolutely hates having to give all of it back,
want to make it better than that, for him, for Mick, for everyone on this ship.
Just because she can't actually do it doesn't mean it hasn't taken root in her, too.
And that's it, too -- being a Legend -- wanting least of all to give up that tiny thing right at the bottom,
the good they fought and bled to find, in each other, in this team, and most of all in themselves.
It was the worst part to lose.