[ Because she's her. There's no logical reason for it, not really - but it goes beyond that Sam trusts her, that he loves her.
It's because she's practical, like he is - maybe more than he is - and she won't look at him for the choices he's had to make or the things he's done with surprise or disdain. She doesn't expect him to be soft or weak or anything else. It's because that practicality doesn't make her cold, doesn't mean she has no empathy -
It's because she asks. Because she thinks to ask about Riley, about who he was that made Sam love him so damn much. Because no one can really understand what Sam loss, unless they also understand who Riley was.
Because maybe she understands that on a personal level. ]
(He was a dumbass. Some stupid white boy from Oklahoma, when I first met him I didn't think he knew anything about anything. Had an ego even bigger than mine, always running his mouth like he didn't think the trouble it got him into was ever gonna catch up with him. But he - he was a good guy. He never gave up, ever, never could stand to see someone in trouble without jumping in to save them, never met a challenge he didn't wanna meet head on. Looked like an idiot on the ground, but when he was in the air - shit, he was born for it.)
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It's because she's practical, like he is - maybe more than he is - and she won't look at him for the choices he's had to make or the things he's done with surprise or disdain. She doesn't expect him to be soft or weak or anything else. It's because that practicality doesn't make her cold, doesn't mean she has no empathy -
It's because she asks. Because she thinks to ask about Riley, about who he was that made Sam love him so damn much. Because no one can really understand what Sam loss, unless they also understand who Riley was.
Because maybe she understands that on a personal level. ]
( He was a dumbass. Some stupid white boy from Oklahoma, when I first met him I didn't think he knew anything about anything. Had an ego even bigger than mine, always running his mouth like he didn't think the trouble it got him into was ever gonna catch up with him. But he - he was a good guy. He never gave up, ever, never could stand to see someone in trouble without jumping in to save them, never met a challenge he didn't wanna meet head on. Looked like an idiot on the ground, but when he was in the air - shit, he was born for it. )