[ She's so relieved, for a moment, that she doesn't have to tell him. It takes precedence over the niggling weirdness of the statement. One hand pressed over her mouth just for a second - she needs a second - before she collects herself. Slides her arm through his like it's ye olden days, or the way you'd help an old person cross the street, or like she's one of those people who believes in bringing back platonic touching, or all of the above.
Humans continue to disappoint. Assault their best and their brightest. There aren't any words for what she wants to say, which is that Dr. McCoy did so much for so many, and then when push came to shove, the system he'd worked within didn't protect him.
Then it hits her. She'd been so worried about his reaction, and then so saddened by the knowledge that he knows and has to live with that knowledge, that it took her a second. ]
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Humans continue to disappoint. Assault their best and their brightest. There aren't any words for what she wants to say, which is that Dr. McCoy did so much for so many, and then when push came to shove, the system he'd worked within didn't protect him.
Then it hits her. She'd been so worried about his reaction, and then so saddened by the knowledge that he knows and has to live with that knowledge, that it took her a second. ]
...Where did you hear that?