[ Right, of course. Psychic. Ned has to keep reminding himself of that. Also, what was all that about an apocalyptic plague? He doesn't doubt that River is right - she always has been before - and it's not as if he knows Laura all that well, but... damn. ]
Thank you. [ Ned still isn't sure he deserves it, but he isn't going to argue. ]
[ There is something nice about the fact that he doesn't have to relive all of it again, for River's benefit. It feels like he's done nothing for the past day and a half but go over it and over it in his mind, and he's exhausted. But there is one thing that he wants to ask, wants to be sure of, before anything else: ]
You do know I killed someone, too, right?
[ River gets the benefit of the most direct, least evasive confession from him yet. As far as he's concerned, she's earned it. ]
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Thank you. [ Ned still isn't sure he deserves it, but he isn't going to argue. ]
[ There is something nice about the fact that he doesn't have to relive all of it again, for River's benefit. It feels like he's done nothing for the past day and a half but go over it and over it in his mind, and he's exhausted. But there is one thing that he wants to ask, wants to be sure of, before anything else: ]
You do know I killed someone, too, right?
[ River gets the benefit of the most direct, least evasive confession from him yet. As far as he's concerned, she's earned it. ]