It genuinely takes Xie a moment to understand what he's saying - his first instinct is to be offended, to assume that Kevin is implying he might do something wrong and ruin the mission, but he realises after a beat that Kevin is worried about him, and the danger he's putting himself in.
He knows it's just Kevin's way, still thinks that Kevin's care over him started out as just his usual care-for-another-human-being and transitioned into something that was more about him as a specific human being, but it still makes him feel a little of that now-familiar warmth and affection.
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Date: 2023-11-27 02:57 pm (UTC)It genuinely takes Xie a moment to understand what he's saying - his first instinct is to be offended, to assume that Kevin is implying he might do something wrong and ruin the mission, but he realises after a beat that Kevin is worried about him, and the danger he's putting himself in.
He knows it's just Kevin's way, still thinks that Kevin's care over him started out as just his usual care-for-another-human-being and transitioned into something that was more about him as a specific human being, but it still makes him feel a little of that now-familiar warmth and affection.
"I will"