04. mental link

[exhuxperation]

COMMAND over oneself and others	AMBITION nothing will stand in my way
ORDER chaos will not be tolerated	MANY over the individual

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[exhuxperation]

[ Lexa's voice comes through clear, cuts through the mental door he closed on all the mind static. Brood, of course, always takes precedence.

He filters an uncharacteristic hesitance towards her, a tiredness that can only truly be conveyed this way. ]

( I owe you an explanation. As much as I hate to delay such a thing– can this wait a little longer? I'm not entirely myself right now. )

[adamance]

[What meets that fatigue is none of the frustration that had been there before when this information first came to light. Instead: there is only understanding. What control she has over herself and her emotions is hard won, and she knows better than to think she will maintain this. Still, Lexa is a woman of action, and not one to leave things alone if it proves necessary.

In this case, setting up a conversation for later is good enough for her, and she understands his need to stabilize himself.

(Espepcially when a part of them is a frigid, icy wall—though she knows Ahsoka is there, she can do nothing for it.)]

( Seek me when you are yourself again.

You don't owe me any explanations for your secrecy. We know the necessity of concealing what others aren't comfortable hearing. )

[Yes, it may be cold to think or say, but while she would have appreciated the warning on this, she knows why it was kept a secret. This response is precisely why.

There is the sense, too, that she is no innocent. Her frustration truly does come down to an inability to control the situation at hand. Now, she has to accept that there is nothing she can control. It's apparent to her that this was inevitable one way or another—but therein lies part of the problem, especially when it comes to their futures within this Nest.]