[ it’s not asking for permission, except for where it is. ]
Understood.
[ there’s a pause. he wants to say more, maybe even words that could soothe. he thinks about the dozens of times caitlin and barry and cisco faced danger, threats always more mundane than himself but still very real; he knows the things he thought then, the realm of sordid things he would’ve done to keep them safe, even if back then it only felt like delaying the inevitable. even if he hadn’t known how to love them, really, not in any way that mattered, these people who seemed at first relics of a time long gone and then later became his enemies. ]
Tell Barry.
[ barry, who’d still do anything to protect his friends. barry, who isn’t fast enough. barry, who can do anything, eobard thinks, truly.
no subject
Understood.
[ there’s a pause. he wants to say more, maybe even words that could soothe. he thinks about the dozens of times caitlin and barry and cisco faced danger, threats always more mundane than himself but still very real; he knows the things he thought then, the realm of sordid things he would’ve done to keep them safe, even if back then it only felt like delaying the inevitable. even if he hadn’t known how to love them, really, not in any way that mattered, these people who seemed at first relics of a time long gone and then later became his enemies. ]
Tell Barry.
[ barry, who’d still do anything to protect his friends. barry, who isn’t fast enough. barry, who can do anything, eobard thinks, truly.
the line cuts. ]