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No, worse. My sister was. What I went through was just a day in the life. I...

I'm worried about you and... Nevermind. So what's up with silver linings?

Your sister's okay, right? I told Aisha if you needed help I would help.

I'm okay, doing fine. Uh, well, I was kind of thinking about you, honestly.

Yeah. We got her back with minimal damage. At least to us. We're moving her and the others to some place safe.

Oh? Really? Huh. I... Dammmit. Dani, how pissed at me are you going to be if I asked for information so I could run a background check on you? [He could do it without that, and was though he wasn't mentioning it, but he needed to know her reaction.] I have bad timing, I know.

Good. Family... family's important.

Um, well, not too pissed. Division probably has a file on me, but other than that I don't really have any records. At least I don't have real records. What do you want to know? You could try asking.

Shit. I knew that wasn't going to sound right. I... I want to put you into hiding. I want to protect you because the idea of that bastard getting his hands on you...

You have to know how the telepathy thing sounds, but I believe you.

I thought about saying goodbye, Dani. Just to protect you from my life.

Jensen... I can watch out for myself you know. I've been doing it for a long time.

[She takes a breath and looks around before looking down. After a second, her eyes go completely black, but she makes sure not to say anything or extend any influence over him before letting her eyes go back to normal]

You should be more worried about what my life could do to you.

I'm not saying you can't, I'm just... Seems its the price I pay for caring, and I do care about you. A lot. Call it a silver lining?

[His eyes widened but he didn't back up a step.]

Okay then. Well. I... Well. Yeah, that was smooth. Uhmmm... Right.

I care about you too. It's a real nice silver lining.

You've probably never gone up against the things I have. And there's going to be some trouble soon. If you got me a safe place, it wouldn't be safe for long.

Probably not. That doesn't mean I'm going to abandon you to take it on all on your own. If you think I'm that kind of guy then apparently we need to talk more and I need to spend less time staring at you and grinning like an idiot.

Spending more time together is fine with me, but you can't protect me from Watchers and they're the real threat. I can throw them off for awhile but then they just send in Sniffers.

You know that isn't going to stop me from trying, right? Hate to tell you but I'm a bit incorrigible. No wait... No, that's the right word. You know you're going to have to really tell me about all of this. I get Sniffers. I mean, that makes sense in its own way but Watchers?

I guess I'll just have to put up with you. Poor me. I could, I guess. Watchers see the future. I know one, she's pretty cool actually.

I would have pity on you but you bring me on yourself. Wait, that sounded wrong.

And they use them to find people like you?

[She laughs] A little bit.

Yeah, if they want to. I didn't usually rank on Division's radar unless I Push, but that might change soon.

Why would it change? Talk to me? I want to know about this.

There's talk among people like me to stop Division, so we can live normal lives. I think they'll overreact and just try to sweep us all up.

And those like you, are they organized? Armed? You want to go in not as Pushers and whatever else but in a way they won't be expecting.

No, because you're never sure who's still working for Division.

So you plan to just run forever?

I've never really had anything worth stopping for.

How to make a comment here without sounding like an egotistical ass? Huh. Failing. I'll just say that if you ever did, maybe that person would be willing to take the risk in helping. All I'm saying.

It would take awhile for me to teach you about the world I live in. My dad spent years teaching me what I needed to know to get by.

I'll just say this and let it be, okay? I'm willing to learn if you ever want to talk about it but if you tell me to leave it alone, I will.

I do want to tell you. Jensen, you're one of the only people who knows what am I, what I can do.

When you're ready then. Or want to. I won't pressure you. Promise.