[ ...hearing those spoken words makes him think briefly of firefly, though it somehow feels like the meaning behind them is very different. she always said that line like it was the core of her identity, while taair says it like it's some foreign idea he shouldn't even be thinking. ]

Nothin' wrong with that. Acts of self-defence are usually considered justified for a reason.

[ once again, as drastically different as their own situations were, this was something they'd sort of had in common. fidelio had never cared about his own life beyond its potential use to people he considered more important than him. he'd wondered sometimes, as he threw himself into danger over and over, if maybe he really did have some sort of death wish.

he gives taair's hand a gentle squeeze. ]

And I'm glad you wanted to.