This is just like Hound burning the paper. His absolute, terrified paranoia. He'd been content to take everything else with him, but he was so quick, so scared to burn that paper.
"... I was told to trust you." Bennett meets Kenna's eyes, able to hold the gaze for the first time in a while. "You were-- w-were first on the list." He laughs a little, and loses his nerve, breaks eye contact.
But having no one hear him use Hound's name snaps him back to attention.
"W-wait, wait-- don't-- why can't someone hear his name? Are you talking crew? I-- I learned it from Lily, someone who-- who knew him before. Other passengers can't know, either?"
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"... I was told to trust you." Bennett meets Kenna's eyes, able to hold the gaze for the first time in a while. "You were-- w-were first on the list." He laughs a little, and loses his nerve, breaks eye contact.
But having no one hear him use Hound's name snaps him back to attention.
"W-wait, wait-- don't-- why can't someone hear his name? Are you talking crew? I-- I learned it from Lily, someone who-- who knew him before. Other passengers can't know, either?"