"Yeah. Yes. If you can." Now that it's out in the open, Luther's agreement sounds like a confession; at least he isn't disagreeing or shying away from the crux of what she's named.
And yet, unfortunately, he still instinctively falls back into Number One mode when it comes to something like this — because this topic falls under the purview of team leader, and he's still used to bossing everyone around like a shadow of Reginald when it comes to their powers. Their training and capabilities. Accustomed to the others listening to his orders, and taking them. Even if he knows by now that where the others fall into line, Allison no longer does so automatically.
Not where it comes to this, to Vanya.
"If you agree, that is," he says, after a beat, and it's probably coming a couple minutes too late. "What do you think about it?"
no subject
And yet, unfortunately, he still instinctively falls back into Number One mode when it comes to something like this — because this topic falls under the purview of team leader, and he's still used to bossing everyone around like a shadow of Reginald when it comes to their powers. Their training and capabilities. Accustomed to the others listening to his orders, and taking them. Even if he knows by now that where the others fall into line, Allison no longer does so automatically.
Not where it comes to this, to Vanya.
"If you agree, that is," he says, after a beat, and it's probably coming a couple minutes too late. "What do you think about it?"