[ The response isn't immediate and on some level, he expects that. Even without her being pre-occupied, he would understand. Everyone deals with emotional upheaval differently and this is just another subset. Seeing as they're cut from a similar cloth– commanders, leaders, saddled with the pressure– they take time to consider.
To think it through.
There's the acknowledgment of course, which he appreciates. Something to show he hasn't been completely ignored in the process. But he lets her deal with it as she needs to. Lexa won't have to contest with nosiness on his part if she doesn't want it.
Still, his mind reaches out to her as soon as her voice echoes there. ]
( Sometimes what we don't intend happens anyway. ) [ Surprise on the battlefield and off of it. ] ( Would you like to clarify anything or do you prefer not to speak of it? )
rad!
To think it through.
There's the acknowledgment of course, which he appreciates. Something to show he hasn't been completely ignored in the process. But he lets her deal with it as she needs to. Lexa won't have to contest with nosiness on his part if she doesn't want it.
Still, his mind reaches out to her as soon as her voice echoes there. ]
( Sometimes what we don't intend happens anyway. ) [ Surprise on the battlefield and off of it. ] ( Would you like to clarify anything or do you prefer not to speak of it? )