Yeah. Lost time, she thinks, running her thumb over the palm of the gloves before she moves to pull them on. They've all lost a lot of time, trying to get more.
"June 6th," he says, not expecting anything from it because nothing has ever come from it before. "We're zodiac twins, Ro. Meant to fight the world together."
It feels like letting him hold the gun in her hands on her but then, there are people you can sometimes live to tell the tale afterwards when they do. Sometimes, they're covering your blindside, if you let them.
"You know exactly what face," she insists. "I refuse to believe you don't know."
She remembers the first time he turned it on Alexandria; not her specifically, but Rick Grimes representing the community worth of strength. There was definitely a moment where he leaned into it.
"I'm learning the sword too, you know. Not Japanese or Chinese."
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"Yours is next week?"
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Just that it's an idea that hurts right now, in a few different ways.
"I always thought that. About Gemini," she admits. "That it feels wrong to be a lone twin."
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"Yeah?" she asks instead, and like the shiver, there's a faint ray of hope too.
"You know what that kind of thing means to me?"
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"But I know what it does to me." How senseless it makes him. How badly he wants someone on his side.
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Rosita Espinosa, you are damn near perfection.
It feels like letting him hold the gun in her hands on her but then, there are people you can sometimes live to tell the tale afterwards when they do. Sometimes, they're covering your blindside, if you let them.
"How can I say no to that?"
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"Happy birthday, Rosita. I'm glad you're with me."
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"With the face," she admonishes, breaking off half the cupcake, offering it out to him.
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She remembers the first time he turned it on Alexandria; not her specifically, but Rick Grimes representing the community worth of strength. There was definitely a moment where he leaned into it.
"I'm learning the sword too, you know. Not Japanese or Chinese."
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Shut up.
"Me. But I'm considering others. Why, who's teaching you?"
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He would very much love that.
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It's fine. She did great right up until she didn't.
"But yes."
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"This is going to be great. What kind of sword do you want to start with? Rapier? Katana, like Michonne's?"
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No, she doesn't know the difference. Yet.
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