That look on CT's face is endearing, something that speaks both to the attitude that helped her fit in with Carolina's squad and the fact that she's managed to find some peace here. And that's good, that's the least the universe owes CT when Carolina is never going to be able to fix her mistakes.
Carolina's about to respond, point out the fact that the Project was full of people whose loyalty she had to win over because they were every bit as stubborn as she was, when CT's last word registers. Boss, casually tossed onto the end of a sentence, the way she used to hear it when her squad was confirming orders or it just fit the flow of a conversation easier than Carolina did.
Except she's not used to hearing it anymore; Wash had used it less and less the closer they got over the years, Maine never said anything he didn't have to, and if the Reds and Blues ever used it, it was only to sarcastically point out that she wasn't actually the boss of them. CT should have no reason to use it now, after her very valid reasons for leaving, after Carolina dropped her end of the unspoken bargain of loyalty she'd always had with her teammates by letting Tex kill her. If her loyalty really was that hard to keep, CT wouldn't have used it, Carolina's sure.
Or maybe it was a mistake, a slip of the tongue. Carolina tells herself that must be it and takes a deep breath before she tries to figure out just what it was she wanted to say, even if it comes a few seconds too slow.
"I... don't think the Director ever realized he didn't actually know what loyalty was supposed to look like, so that's on him. You were all too stubborn for how he thought it worked."
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Carolina's about to respond, point out the fact that the Project was full of people whose loyalty she had to win over because they were every bit as stubborn as she was, when CT's last word registers. Boss, casually tossed onto the end of a sentence, the way she used to hear it when her squad was confirming orders or it just fit the flow of a conversation easier than Carolina did.
Except she's not used to hearing it anymore; Wash had used it less and less the closer they got over the years, Maine never said anything he didn't have to, and if the Reds and Blues ever used it, it was only to sarcastically point out that she wasn't actually the boss of them. CT should have no reason to use it now, after her very valid reasons for leaving, after Carolina dropped her end of the unspoken bargain of loyalty she'd always had with her teammates by letting Tex kill her. If her loyalty really was that hard to keep, CT wouldn't have used it, Carolina's sure.
Or maybe it was a mistake, a slip of the tongue. Carolina tells herself that must be it and takes a deep breath before she tries to figure out just what it was she wanted to say, even if it comes a few seconds too slow.
"I... don't think the Director ever realized he didn't actually know what loyalty was supposed to look like, so that's on him. You were all too stubborn for how he thought it worked."