Caboose nods against her, relieved she isn't going to fight. She's very tough, and very strong, and, he has decided, very scary. Not like Tex, who is scary with her fists. Carolina is scary with herself, so nice and so strong she'll let bad things happen to herself before other people and not care. He's seen Church and Tucker get mad like that sometimes when Caboose did something that got him hurt in a scary way.
Both of them still get very angry talking about his pinky toe. And he doesn't even miss it that much!
(Church did get very angry. He misses Church.)
"We'll take care of it together." he echoes, lifting his head--slowly, carefully, because he likes how she's petting his hair and head, and doesn't want it to stop. "Good. You're smart. Like Delta...yeaaaah, he said 'memory is the key' once, and I'm pretty sure he was talking about something else? But it's still real smart. Remembering's important. I should know. I'm not very good at it."
He reaches up, and with the gentlest of touches, taps the middle of her forehead.
"So have some memory. It's the key. If bad people come, we'll take care of it together. To-ge-ther."
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Both of them still get very angry talking about his pinky toe. And he doesn't even miss it that much!
(Church did get very angry. He misses Church.)
"We'll take care of it together." he echoes, lifting his head--slowly, carefully, because he likes how she's petting his hair and head, and doesn't want it to stop. "Good. You're smart. Like Delta...yeaaaah, he said 'memory is the key' once, and I'm pretty sure he was talking about something else? But it's still real smart. Remembering's important. I should know. I'm not very good at it."
He reaches up, and with the gentlest of touches, taps the middle of her forehead.
"So have some memory. It's the key. If bad people come, we'll take care of it together. To-ge-ther."