[It's funny. Back when he was the Dean she knew, he would have said he didn't have anyone but Sam. He'd told people that, and he'd believed it. But then he started losing people.
Bobby, Ellen, Rufus, Pamela, Missouri. Lisa and Ben. Garth. Risa, Liz, Cas. It's amazing how many friends, allies, and family members there are to lose when you take them for granted, and he had. He'd always been a fool.
And then, of course, there was Jo.]
You aren't... actually that much alike. You'd think I was crazy for saying it, if you met her.
But she was prickly. Stubborn. Never willing to be left behind, always so sure she was right. She insisted she could do anything her people could do. In another life...
[He sounds a little more coherent, with a target to focus on; but more than that, there's something lurking under the rasp of the surface of his voice. Something warm, a little exasperated, a lot sad, and genuinely fond.]
...her name was Jo. She was a hunter, second generation. Determined to do it, though her... terrifying mother swore she wouldn't. Which is probably what did it, honestly.
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Bobby, Ellen, Rufus, Pamela, Missouri. Lisa and Ben. Garth. Risa, Liz, Cas. It's amazing how many friends, allies, and family members there are to lose when you take them for granted, and he had. He'd always been a fool.
And then, of course, there was Jo.]
You aren't... actually that much alike. You'd think I was crazy for saying it, if you met her.
But she was prickly. Stubborn. Never willing to be left behind, always so sure she was right. She insisted she could do anything her people could do. In another life...
[He sounds a little more coherent, with a target to focus on; but more than that, there's something lurking under the rasp of the surface of his voice. Something warm, a little exasperated, a lot sad, and genuinely fond.]
...her name was Jo. She was a hunter, second generation. Determined to do it, though her... terrifying mother swore she wouldn't. Which is probably what did it, honestly.
She was fantastic.