[At this point, L is cowed and terrified to think of what keeping it a secret would entail, and what it would do to him. Is he supposed to meet Cesar's eyes, smile, feel his arms around him, and not shatter into a thousand pieces? Tony might as well have asked him to jump out the window and fly three times around the hotel.
Tony's suggestions are all too abrupt and extreme. He's still processing this, things he's done with Cesar and said to him that apparently don't count, and he's too shell-shocked to immediately make plans to leave. It feels just as unthinkable as staying with the person who tried to make the real Tony pay for the sins of his double.]
Tony!
[His voice is panicked and sharper than he intended it to sound. He tries to gentle it down a little before he speaks again, but his heart is pounding in his chest, feeling significantly crushed.]
Tony, I... thought a lot of things, before you told me this information. I need a little while, I'm... sorry.
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Tony's suggestions are all too abrupt and extreme. He's still processing this, things he's done with Cesar and said to him that apparently don't count, and he's too shell-shocked to immediately make plans to leave. It feels just as unthinkable as staying with the person who tried to make the real Tony pay for the sins of his double.]
Tony!
[His voice is panicked and sharper than he intended it to sound. He tries to gentle it down a little before he speaks again, but his heart is pounding in his chest, feeling significantly crushed.]
Tony, I... thought a lot of things, before you told me this information. I need a little while, I'm... sorry.