Silver’s words, much like daggers, cut through the frail defenses she’s set up before daring to ask a question of that nature. She should’ve known better than to expect differently from Silver’s harsh responses and yet they still left behind a subtle twinge of pain. The reminder of the incident they’ve had with her Haunter in the past never failed to draw in a tired sigh from the trainer, too.
“… It might not look like it, but I always consider the risks before acting, you know?” Arms crossed before her chest, shoulders hunched ever so slightly. “B-but sometimes it’s important to move forward despite knowing something might go wrong… Take it as a leap of faith.”
Try as she might, she couldn’t hold back Silver’s cold gaze for much longer. She let out a last sigh of exhaustion —mayhaps a little grievance.
“I do have my own reasons for doing what I do. I’m not completely senseless.”
𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍. Mentally, he’s counting to ten, not wanting to exacerbate the situation despite his best efforts. He recognized her posture -- timid, defensive, perhaps on the verge of fleeing -- and is walking through the steps of controlling his responses that he’d been trying to grasp. Silver bites the inside of his cheek.
What was he supposed to do? Just let her wander on her merry way from one danger to another just because she happened to not die the last few times? It annoyed him how she downplayed it, how she acted like none of it really mattered just because she came out alright at the end, how he felt watching her tempt one disaster after another.
Why should he just have to be okay with nearly watching her die?
“I don’t think you’re senseless.” He’s trying to be careful with his words. Trying. But her insistence on the matter only frustrates the boy who already struggles to communicate his care. “You’re just reckless. Just because you think about what you’re doing doesn’t suddenly make it thoughtful.”
“Not everything is a leap of faith, Annie - sometimes you’re just jumping off a cliff. And at this point, you’re a professional cliff-diver.”