She hadn't bothered to expect any answer in particular - she doesn't know him that well or vice. All the same it's an answer that surprises her because she hears it so rarely, and that shows in the brief glance she spares him, measuring and sidelong.
Everyone where she's from has trauma of one kind or another to spare; everyone still alive, that wasn't able to find a community from the drop, has done something they're not proud of. Usually multiple somethings, possibly something they're outright ashamed of, horrified by. No one is eager to talk about those things, so the standard is not to ask. Not to try.
Rosita is an exception, sometimes, when someone is struggling enough that it risks them or someone else. Siddiq every now and again, Jesus... frequently, honestly. Maybe King Ezekiel. That's pretty much it in her experience, so she studies Jacob now and wonders - "Why? Okay, for yourself, got it. But why is it your responsibility to worry about the rest?"
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Everyone where she's from has trauma of one kind or another to spare; everyone still alive, that wasn't able to find a community from the drop, has done something they're not proud of. Usually multiple somethings, possibly something they're outright ashamed of, horrified by. No one is eager to talk about those things, so the standard is not to ask. Not to try.
Rosita is an exception, sometimes, when someone is struggling enough that it risks them or someone else. Siddiq every now and again, Jesus... frequently, honestly. Maybe King Ezekiel. That's pretty much it in her experience, so she studies Jacob now and wonders - "Why? Okay, for yourself, got it. But why is it your responsibility to worry about the rest?"