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Then you would be proud of him. [ It's what Helena settles on instead, although she's certainly ignoring Myka's request not to blame herself. She may, anyway. Helena didn't know, and it certainly would have been easier for Myka to open up, to tell Helena what was happening if Helena had actually been there. She should have been there ] He needed more than a little persuading. [ There's the smallest hint of brightness to her smile then, but it's quick to fade. She's glad that Myka at least had Pete, that there had still been someone for her to go to, to share this with and know that she wasn't alone.

And now Myka certainly wouldn't be. Helena had a room again at the B&B, and even though she hadn't had any plans or ideas in mind as to what she was doing next (she may have even stayed in Boone, just for the life she had there even without Nate) she now couldn't leave. She didn't want to leave ]

You are the strongest person that I have known. [ With the implication being 'have ever known in both lives'. And it's the truth. If maybe something that is not always the best thing to say in these situations, and cliched. But it was true. Myka was stronger than anyone she knew (and herself). She could handle everything, and did. And Helena envied her ]

[Myka shook her head slowly, staring up at Helena sadly, squeezing her hand as if holding on for dear life.

She didn't know why Helena was there - if Pete had tipped her off or if it had been for another reason entirely, but she was glad for it. She hadn't wanted Pete there, because his sadness would have been too much of a burden for her bear when paired with her own. With Helena, it was different. Helena's sadness had been with her much longer than Pete's, and Myka hoped by now she knew better how to carry it.]

I was going to tell you. [Eventually. Once things were better or maybe once they were worse, but she would have.] Only Pete knows.

[ Helena gently shushed her, giving a small hake of her head ]

That's not important now. You're going to be fine. [ It wasnt just hope or confidence - the surgery had gone well. That and Myka was young, healthy and would fight this. Nothing else really mattered, not against this. Helena could have know from the beginning but she was there now ]

I have a room at the B&B. Whatever you need Myka, all you need do is ask. [ Though that might include asking her to give you some space ]

[Myka pressed her lips together and nodded. She still didn't know her own prognosis but somehow hearing support from H.G. made all of the difference.]

Why are you staying at the B&B? Did Pete call you?

[Myka couldn't see Pete doing that in a million years but - who knows what had happened when she left the Warehouse. Pete had been a wreck. Maybe he thought Helena could get through to her in a way he couldn't and to be fair, he was probably right about that.]

No, I- [ There's a pause, a tiny falter in Helena's speech. A rare thing to hear. It's difficult to mention, and not really important now. But it makes her have to think about what she's about to say ] I came to see you. [ It's true, at least. It's why Helena came to South Dakota rather than run and hide elsewhere - she'd wanted to see Myka (to try and avoid her sorrows by seeing her friend) ]

It would seem that my timing is impeccable.

[Myka nodded, closing her eyes briefly. She suspected that wasn't the whole story but she also didn't particularly care. Helena was here and that's all that mattered, now.

If things had gone south with her and Nate, Myka could have sympathy for it. But she'd let Helena address that when she was ready to.]

You always did have pretty good timing.

Hopefully I can be a little distraction as well.

[ And in a good way. For a while she no doubt could be - they could catch up, and no doubt find things to talk about for hours (mention a book name and hope that one of them caught on) but that probably wouldn't last long. Myka could worry. The Warehouse was her home, and a good place for her and being out of commission even for just a short while? It would no doubt be maddening. Helena was going to hope to try and keep her mind off it whilst she rested, but simply resting was frustrating enough - that she knew ]

We'll have plenty of time for everything. I'm not going anywhere.

[ She would stay for as long as she was needed, or even welcome. She could always leave again if needed, find a new state and make a new life but it hadn't worked before. The Warehouse was the one place she still had, an agent or not. She wasn't exactly planning on jumping back in to anything now, but she also wasn't ready to leave and have Myka possibly disappear from her life again. She'd made that mistake too much already ]

[Myka found herself hoping that Helena wouldn't leave again. Especially now, the idea of her staying around long enough to see Myka back onto her feet before once again vanishing into the ether was heartbreaking to the point that Myka would have preferred her not showing up at all.

Her betrayal had been hard enough, and watching her be a prisoner even more so. Getting her back to only lose her again and again was a cruelty that Myka wasn't sure she could continually recover from.]

For now. [The words are quiet and more resentful than she intended, and Myka turns her head and closes her eyes.] I could definitely use a distraction.

[ Helena had caught the words, and the tone behind them, and she knew what Myka meant by them. She'd left before, and possibly would again if she found that easier - she was a coward, and she did know it. But she didn't want to leave, not this time. Not if it would hurt Myka again, and hurt herself.

But she would address that later, when Myka was stronger, when they were better. She didn't want to fight her now, she only wished to help her ]

Then I am yours to use. We've had little trouble there before.

[ When they'd talked after Helena's reinstatement, in the down time between artifact retrieval that had been able to really talk. There'd been a lot that Helena had wanted to know, and Myka too, and they had a lot of shared interests. None of that had changed ]

Where would you like to start?

[Myka didn't want to fight either. What mattered was that Helena was there, whether the timing had been deliberate or accidental didn't really matter. It made more of a difference to Myka than should would have thought it would.]

How is everyone doing? I didn't really check in with anyone before I left.

[Mostly because there were more important things going on and she didn't want to distract from it with her own issues. But that went without saying. Helena knew as well as anyone what it was like to harbor a painful secret, and Myka was glad that there wasn't any fallout. She might not be so lucky when Claudia or Artie found out.]

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