Of course you'll stay with them if they don't want to come.
[ He never would have expected anything different; they're her family, and Cisco understands how much that means to Arya. He listens to her other concerns, sees her body language and hears how quiet her voice has gone. His own tone is gentle as he addresses each point. ]
I know it'll be hard. Hopefully, whatever way we find out of here won't do that, but if you are blind again, well, we've got some pretty great doctors in my world. If they can't fix it, I'll make you some tech that will. We can just communicate in emojis 'til we learn each other's languages. And... if you get confused... we'll think up ways to minimize the damage before that happens. There are people who can help, in Central City. People a lot more qualified than me.
[ Arya lets that all sink in. She's still a little apprehensive about the whole thing -- adjusting to life on a new world will likely be a lot harder than Cisco makes it sound. But once they're settled in, Central City could be really good for Arya and her family. She wishes the rest of them got this chance.
There's also the matter of unfinished business on her world. A revenge quest left incomplete. But maybe, by the time Cisco works out how to leave this place, it won't matter so much anymore. ]
We'll need to invent quite a lot of emojis.
[ Arya says, smiling, then hugs Cisco tightly. It's her way of saying yes, a million times yes, and thank you. She's not going to say it out loud: she doesn't want to jinx her chances. But hopefully, Cisco gets what she means. ]
[ Cisco definitely gets it. As far as he's concerned, a hug is worth a thousand words. He wraps his arms around Arya (he is reminded that she really is alarmingly small, in moments like this), hugging her back for as long as she likes. He wishes he could do more; bring Sansa back right now to ease her worry, give her promises that he could bring them all unharmed to Central City, undo everything bad that had ever happened to her and her family. But he doesn't have that kind of power. No one does.
So instead he hugs her, and when she finally pulls away, he goes back to eating ice cream with her, telling her stories about cool things in Central City she may get a chance to see someday - the skyscrapers, the restaurants, the ice skating rink they put in the park in the winters, the parades and all the rest of it. He keeps it all in the conditional tense, all maybes. But he wants to fill her head with thoughts of happy possibilities, to crowd out her fear for Sansa for at least a little while. ]
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[ He never would have expected anything different; they're her family, and Cisco understands how much that means to Arya. He listens to her other concerns, sees her body language and hears how quiet her voice has gone. His own tone is gentle as he addresses each point. ]
I know it'll be hard. Hopefully, whatever way we find out of here won't do that, but if you are blind again, well, we've got some pretty great doctors in my world. If they can't fix it, I'll make you some tech that will. We can just communicate in emojis 'til we learn each other's languages. And... if you get confused... we'll think up ways to minimize the damage before that happens. There are people who can help, in Central City. People a lot more qualified than me.
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There's also the matter of unfinished business on her world. A revenge quest left incomplete. But maybe, by the time Cisco works out how to leave this place, it won't matter so much anymore. ]
We'll need to invent quite a lot of emojis.
[ Arya says, smiling, then hugs Cisco tightly. It's her way of saying yes, a million times yes, and thank you. She's not going to say it out loud: she doesn't want to jinx her chances. But hopefully, Cisco gets what she means. ]
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So instead he hugs her, and when she finally pulls away, he goes back to eating ice cream with her, telling her stories about cool things in Central City she may get a chance to see someday - the skyscrapers, the restaurants, the ice skating rink they put in the park in the winters, the parades and all the rest of it. He keeps it all in the conditional tense, all maybes. But he wants to fill her head with thoughts of happy possibilities, to crowd out her fear for Sansa for at least a little while. ]