[Coop doesn't smile back. Can't, really, in the face of everything pressing so hard at him. But his eyes are softer when he meets France's gaze through the Gear and it strikes him that he really cares for him and is truly happy to know him.]
[And he trusts him, too. He's only the second person in this world to know any of this - and Coop's been here for a very long time.]
[The words come to Cooper with a near-bitterness that he's not sure is imagined or not, but that he feels he can recognise and understand.]
It's difficult to come by and perhaps even harder to recognise.
[Video, private] so, so sorry for late, but didn't want to leave this thread. ;; <3
[And he trusts him, too. He's only the second person in this world to know any of this - and Coop's been here for a very long time.]
[The words come to Cooper with a near-bitterness that he's not sure is imagined or not, but that he feels he can recognise and understand.]
It's difficult to come by and perhaps even harder to recognise.
[Quietly. Tiredly.]