[Shaw mutters the words, mostly to herself - she'd seen how Root had dispatched hers, but she hasn't been able to manage it. She's gotten close a few times, though ironically, never when the double is present - in the end, it's always the messenger rather than the message that keeps her from getting all the way there. Frank honesty, openness, and acceptance are hard when her brain is screaming It's a Samaritan trick, give them nothing, admit to nothing, that's how they get you. So mostly she just shoots her, over and over again, all while knowing how fruitless it is.
The gun to her head is a relief, in a way, but not for the reason one might think. If her double were here, she wouldn't say so out loud, but since it's just her and Root--]
You've never done this before. I've put a gun to my own head thousands of times, but you've never--
[Her head whips around to look at Root, her forehead jostling the barrel.]
cw: suicide
[Shaw mutters the words, mostly to herself - she'd seen how Root had dispatched hers, but she hasn't been able to manage it. She's gotten close a few times, though ironically, never when the double is present - in the end, it's always the messenger rather than the message that keeps her from getting all the way there. Frank honesty, openness, and acceptance are hard when her brain is screaming It's a Samaritan trick, give them nothing, admit to nothing, that's how they get you. So mostly she just shoots her, over and over again, all while knowing how fruitless it is.
The gun to her head is a relief, in a way, but not for the reason one might think. If her double were here, she wouldn't say so out loud, but since it's just her and Root--]
You've never done this before. I've put a gun to my own head thousands of times, but you've never--
[Her head whips around to look at Root, her forehead jostling the barrel.]
Why?