Even though there is - even by Billy standards - nothing all that judgemental in it. It just looks like he's thinking for a moment before his head dips into a slight nod.
"Alright."
It's not like his decision is going to change anything. If he'd refuse, find some dumb excuse, what would that change? Whatever corpse Hickey found - or made, he wonders - won't magically come back to life just because William Gibson decided to be a noble man who refuses to eat another person. And the nerves-- They don't help. Even if they haven't gone nearly long enough under the current circumstances for him to be close to starving, there's the fear of it. Especially when Billy remembers the illness so well. He remembers the feeling of it in his limbs, the way it hurt, how pathetic he felt, how scared.
He doesn't want go back to that. The atmosphere only amplifies that desperation, making the decision easier.
"Will you be having some too?" Because that's what this is, right? Just the two of them having a normal dinner. Hickey bringing home meat, just like he has for all these months. "I can set the table."
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Even though there is - even by Billy standards - nothing all that judgemental in it. It just looks like he's thinking for a moment before his head dips into a slight nod.
"Alright."
It's not like his decision is going to change anything. If he'd refuse, find some dumb excuse, what would that change? Whatever corpse Hickey found - or made, he wonders - won't magically come back to life just because William Gibson decided to be a noble man who refuses to eat another person. And the nerves-- They don't help. Even if they haven't gone nearly long enough under the current circumstances for him to be close to starving, there's the fear of it. Especially when Billy remembers the illness so well. He remembers the feeling of it in his limbs, the way it hurt, how pathetic he felt, how scared.
He doesn't want go back to that. The atmosphere only amplifies that desperation, making the decision easier.
"Will you be having some too?" Because that's what this is, right? Just the two of them having a normal dinner. Hickey bringing home meat, just like he has for all these months. "I can set the table."