Noble's mouth opened, then closed, because he hadn't expected that. He reached a hand up and dragged it down his own face in response.The surprise-confusion was still stuck on his face, because — he certainly hadn't expected that, because he had never thought of Ford as the sort of person who did stupid things. Ford was — well, he was Ford, and he was also in charge of this whole weird house of cards, and — if he wasn't on board, things would really topple. Noble's brotherly concern was starting to take a backseat to his concern over their whole situation — if Ford was doing something stupid, no matter what it was, or if he was distracted, it could bring this whole thing down.
(This was different than Noble doing stupid things, in his mind, because — he wasn't in charge of all of them, and he hadn't done anything even remotely off-the-wall since Daffy had ended things. So.)
"Oh," Noble said, mostly to buy himself some time, "Um — maybe — don't?"
(This was different than Noble doing stupid things, in his mind, because — he wasn't in charge of all of them, and he hadn't done anything even remotely off-the-wall since Daffy had ended things. So.)
"Oh," Noble said, mostly to buy himself some time, "Um — maybe — don't?"
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