[Just the thought of going back and possibly seeing that truck there, of possibly finding the bodies or traces of those that were once there, is enough to send a shiver of horror through her spine.]
[Maybe it would be the right thing to do. Or maybe it would get them needlessly killed. Either way, she never wants to see that intersection again.]
[Immediately, she thinks of excuses -- the truck would be long gone by now, the whole area is probably closed off right now, there was nothing they'd be able to learn without knowing where that truck was going... but that's all they were, right? Excuses. Lies to make herself feel better about the decision she made.]
[She doesn't want to lie. If Ion really had been in that pile-- well, he would have understood better than anyone why she'd be too scared to go back. ]
[She shakes her head against him.]
...n-no. It's too dangerous. If something happened to you, I-I... [...] I was so scared... that you were there too.
[Those frantic messages weren't sent right after it happened. They were sent after searching their apartment, at Spectrum, at anywhere else she thinks he might have been... too afraid to message him and get a response that his device was out of service. That had only been her last resort.]
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[Maybe it would be the right thing to do. Or maybe it would get them needlessly killed. Either way, she never wants to see that intersection again.]
[Immediately, she thinks of excuses -- the truck would be long gone by now, the whole area is probably closed off right now, there was nothing they'd be able to learn without knowing where that truck was going... but that's all they were, right? Excuses. Lies to make herself feel better about the decision she made.]
[She doesn't want to lie. If Ion really had been in that pile-- well, he would have understood better than anyone why she'd be too scared to go back. ]
[She shakes her head against him.]
...n-no. It's too dangerous. If something happened to you, I-I... [...] I was so scared... that you were there too.
[Those frantic messages weren't sent right after it happened. They were sent after searching their apartment, at Spectrum, at anywhere else she thinks he might have been... too afraid to message him and get a response that his device was out of service. That had only been her last resort.]