( There's a gentler way to say that, of course, but gentle isn't really Ellie's gift. She worries at the inside of her cheek as her own words hit her ears, just trying to work out how that'd go. ) Gotham's home. You don't owe this place anything. Especially not when they took you from home.
( And, part of her is reminded that this isn't home. That, one day, surely, they'd go home. Steph would go. And, if she could, she knows Steph would go now. )
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( There's a gentler way to say that, of course, but gentle isn't really Ellie's gift. She worries at the inside of her cheek as her own words hit her ears, just trying to work out how that'd go. ) Gotham's home. You don't owe this place anything. Especially not when they took you from home.
( And, part of her is reminded that this isn't home. That, one day, surely, they'd go home. Steph would go. And, if she could, she knows Steph would go now. )