[She finishes off the cigarette and wants to go back in, but she waits a moment longer, letting the breeze take away some of the scent from the ash and smoke. She doubts he thinks highly of the way it clings to her. Piotr hated it, and in his metal form he could hardly detect it. She'd never seemed to mind his irritation much. Maybe because she didn't pick it up until after they were together. Maybe it was the six minutes thing, and the way he didn't say it to everyone. He didn't say it to Tyki anyway. She smile slightly at the memory of the first time he'd said it. She figured it was a statistic. She was just wrong about which one. Was that the day they met...again? It couldn't have been more than, what three weeks ago? It still felt like longer. So much had happened. Long days. Long nights.
Maybe that's why she wants the comfort. Except it isn't really comfort yet, is it? It's new and different for both of them. It's exciting and confusing and awkward. It's the kind of thing that holds your interest and keeps you on your toes. It's not the thing that holds you when you've still got plenty of questions, but no answers. It's not fair to try and make it that before it's time. If it ever is time.
But she doesn't want to think about all the many things that could screw this up. One of them suddenly disappearing is a completely valid and likely possibility. He's already left once that she knows of. Then there's her and her baggage. Tyki. Her not so sterling past. Piotr. Hell, Piotr could come back. He has before. She hasn't mentioned that to him has she? She struggles a moment, looking for a memory to refute it. They've spent so much time together and talked about so many things, but it's not all out yet. Not for her. Not for him. Then of course he could always screw things up. With the way she picks them he should be trying to kill her before bedtime.
She can't really imagine that.
Finally, she slips back through the wall, conversation already in progress.]
So, if you were going to attempt to kill me, how would you do it?