Roland nods, watching the Psiionic very closely. You, my friends, are my people. The fact itself is not a surprise, but hearing it is. The comment does not need a reply and so Roland does not give one, but he knows that it means something for the Psiionic to say it aloud.
"I've got my own. Go on, move out of here and take it for yourself. I don't know if you'll be able to use it, but having it will do no harm. I'll stay here, act like I've taken some injury from you, then follow. What enemies you don't see following you both, I will."
But for all Roland is expecting to speak with this man again, to join back up with him before this battle is through, this isn't his first battle. Not remotely. He knows what they are planning, and he knows how often plans always last once the bullets start flying. Roland had said his own important words to Signless before this battle started, and knows that if there's something the Psiionic needs to hear, too, then now ought to be the time.
"Psii," he says, using the name the Signless always uses when he speaks of his dear friend, the name the Psiionic has never asked Roland to use. He takes one hand off Signless, and puts it instead on the Psiionic's shoulder. "Signless isn't the only one who needs to be cared for. Watch for yourself, too, and not only during this battle. Remember to do that. I'd like your word that you will."
Has seen enough of the Psiionic to know, of course, just how likely it is that he'll get it. But he'd like to hear him give it, anyway. It would be something.
no subject
"I've got my own. Go on, move out of here and take it for yourself. I don't know if you'll be able to use it, but having it will do no harm. I'll stay here, act like I've taken some injury from you, then follow. What enemies you don't see following you both, I will."
But for all Roland is expecting to speak with this man again, to join back up with him before this battle is through, this isn't his first battle. Not remotely. He knows what they are planning, and he knows how often plans always last once the bullets start flying. Roland had said his own important words to Signless before this battle started, and knows that if there's something the Psiionic needs to hear, too, then now ought to be the time.
"Psii," he says, using the name the Signless always uses when he speaks of his dear friend, the name the Psiionic has never asked Roland to use. He takes one hand off Signless, and puts it instead on the Psiionic's shoulder. "Signless isn't the only one who needs to be cared for. Watch for yourself, too, and not only during this battle. Remember to do that. I'd like your word that you will."
Has seen enough of the Psiionic to know, of course, just how likely it is that he'll get it. But he'd like to hear him give it, anyway. It would be something.