[That's a little bit of a lie, and Lucretia's seen him on those few rare occasions he's let himself be not okay. Coming back covered in Lup's blood, after losing her one cycle, a quiet moment in one of the later cycles when he got overwhelmed by the world's they'd lost, the last time Merle came back after speaking to John, when they realized that parlay wasn't going to save them.]
I mean, you know, we're not joined at that hip. I just miss having someone actually cool around, but I guess you'll have to do.
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[That's a little bit of a lie, and Lucretia's seen him on those few rare occasions he's let himself be not okay. Coming back covered in Lup's blood, after losing her one cycle, a quiet moment in one of the later cycles when he got overwhelmed by the world's they'd lost, the last time Merle came back after speaking to John, when they realized that parlay wasn't going to save them.]
I mean, you know, we're not joined at that hip. I just miss having someone actually cool around, but I guess you'll have to do.
[He grins, teasing.]