A/N: A continuation of what he said, this time taken from Corporal Punishment. Let me know how it is? Kit.
DISCLAIMER: Alas, still nothing.
IV.
"If she's got a fault, it's that she cares to much."
The context in which he said it could have been interpreted two ways. The first way, and the one that the majority of the current company had believed, was that he considered the advocate on the screen a selfless person. But beneath the obvious infliction, the sentiment had in fact been directed at one certain Israeli. Because her fault was exactly that: That she cared too much. Too much to let anyone get close, too much to allow anyone in, just in case. Just in case something happened, if she had to leave, permanently, temporarily, relocating to another city, continent, realm. She was loyal to a fault -because she cared too much. And had lost so much, so many people, too much and too many. And if perhaps she protected the ones she had left, kept them in the dark, kept them at arm's length, removed herself from the equation so that the sum may total up to be happiness, that was her fault. That she loved too much and therefore closed herself off, kept her lips sealed, stayed far far far away. So that those she cared about might somehow, magically, fortunately, auspiciously, be okay. To sacrifice herself so that another's pain would be spared. Because she cared too much.
Eventually, he is able to adequately convince her that she is, in return, cared for, and that caring is not a fault afterall.
