Week 4, Post-Trial: Newt and Hermann

[withsadness]

[So, she doesn't wait, really. As soon as the trial is over she grabs each of them by the arm. C'mon, science dads. She's pulling them along with all the tiny strength in her body and carting them to any private place she can find.]

I'm really happy.

[She says it almost eerily, her head bowed.]

I was so scared that it would be you that Max announced.

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[withsadness]

[She leans back so she can look at Newt in the face when he sets her back down. He'll get a momentary critical look from her, but then it snaps back to normal Mary, and she's all smiles and relief.]

Right, I know! I just wanted to hear you say it in private, that's all. I never thought you did it.

[She darts over to Hermann and gives him a hug, too, because that's only fair.]

Jacopo was working really hard to catch reapers, so I knew you wouldn't do something like that. If you had...

[Well, it isn't important because that's not reality, so she doesn't finish her sentence.]

[byjove]

[Yeah he's not going to pursue that line of questioning. It's not worth it. He'll just hug Mary and try not to cry.

Unsuccessfully. But at least they're quiet man tears.]

Thank you, Mary. For trusting us the whole time.

[There weren't very many people who did...]

[completelycrazy]

[bullshit they are, hermann.]

Yeah, um... I think you probably saved us a little bit there, kiddo. [He tries to laugh. It's not very effective...]

[withsadness]

We're friends. There's no way I wouldn't trust you the whole time. I'd be really sad if you two were gone, especially cause you're both so nice and so smart, too.

[She wonders why there aren't a lot of people around who seem to see how nice they are. But then, she seems to find niceness in people for very odd reasons.]

Are you two going to be okay?