Rose sounded so- confused. And aliens had their own culture, their own way of handling things, their own naivete about humanity. There wasn't anything unkind in the question. It was enough to cut some of the anger out of him. Greg's stress and Casey's vehemence help cut the rest down to a simmer.
"...Wrong, not so much." Going out to fight the good fight ain't WRONG. Foolish at this time of night and without backup? Yeah. But not wrong. "A li'l unwise, yes. Pretty sure we all got issues with people go'n miss'n from back home and wak'n up to find him gone is a little jarr'n- especially with what happened to me- but. But not wrong. We'd prefer he'da not gone out alone is all. Fight'n like we're supposed to ain't wrong. It's brave. Reckless- but brave. He's lucky you were there t'help."
And luck wasn't something that often held all that long, far as Bones knew. "Cuts, bruises and- Kid you have a metal plate in your head. Why do you have a-"
Deep breaths. Hand scanner set down, he plucked up the dermal regenerator and started running that over the worst of the scrapes. "Later. Lemme get this fixed, then I'll help you out, Miz Rose."
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"...Wrong, not so much." Going out to fight the good fight ain't WRONG. Foolish at this time of night and without backup? Yeah. But not wrong. "A li'l unwise, yes. Pretty sure we all got issues with people go'n miss'n from back home and wak'n up to find him gone is a little jarr'n- especially with what happened to me- but. But not wrong. We'd prefer he'da not gone out alone is all. Fight'n like we're supposed to ain't wrong. It's brave. Reckless- but brave. He's lucky you were there t'help."
And luck wasn't something that often held all that long, far as Bones knew. "Cuts, bruises and- Kid you have a metal plate in your head. Why do you have a-"
Deep breaths. Hand scanner set down, he plucked up the dermal regenerator and started running that over the worst of the scrapes. "Later. Lemme get this fixed, then I'll help you out, Miz Rose."