[Caster's answer is reassuring on her front, but she's not entirely satisfied either. Ginia braces her feet on the edge of the pool, smooth stone cool against her soles.]
Archer isn't hopeless.
[If she isn't, then Archer can't be. And if Archer can't be here to defend himself, she'll do it for him. Archer and Caster can be mean with each other in ways they never dare with her or Lancer, that she understands. Archer is his exemplar, his... Ginia isn't sure what their relationship is, but she knows they're together (even as they're quick to tell her their relationship is open).
It can't hurt being nice to Archer once in awhile.]
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Archer isn't hopeless.
[If she isn't, then Archer can't be. And if Archer can't be here to defend himself, she'll do it for him. Archer and Caster can be mean with each other in ways they never dare with her or Lancer, that she understands. Archer is his exemplar, his... Ginia isn't sure what their relationship is, but she knows they're together (even as they're quick to tell her their relationship is open).
It can't hurt being nice to Archer once in awhile.]
I'll never give up on him.