This time it was Ianto's turn to bring a hand up to run through Sulu's hair, trying to do his best to comfort the other man. "I... I'm sorry," he said, quietly. "I'm so sorry that that's how things worked out. That...that that's how you found out. That...that you had to see that." No one had warned Sulu against checking the community that day, and for all Ianto knew, he could have been watching it real-time. He was extremely grateful that Sulu hadn't been there with him, to die by the hands of the 456, but. That probably hadn't made it any easier on the other man, to stumble on something like that.
He supposed that at least that way, Sulu had known what had happened, and hadn't been left wondering. That Jack hadn't had to tell him, because who knows if Jack could have. And if Sulu hadn't known, then there was a good chance that Jack would have disappeared, and Ianto himself wouldn't be there, today. Not without the pair of them working together to bring him back.
"...at least we have it for moments like this," he said, trying this seeing on the brighter side of things bit on for size. "Doctor McCoy will get a much better idea of what went on with a video than he could ever get with just me describing it. It... It's a valuable resource that not many other people are provided with." That still didn't mean that Ianto himself had any intention of ever seeing the video himself. He was there, he knew what had happened, and once was enough, he didn't need Jack's tears to break his heart all over again.
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He supposed that at least that way, Sulu had known what had happened, and hadn't been left wondering. That Jack hadn't had to tell him, because who knows if Jack could have. And if Sulu hadn't known, then there was a good chance that Jack would have disappeared, and Ianto himself wouldn't be there, today. Not without the pair of them working together to bring him back.
"...at least we have it for moments like this," he said, trying this seeing on the brighter side of things bit on for size. "Doctor McCoy will get a much better idea of what went on with a video than he could ever get with just me describing it. It... It's a valuable resource that not many other people are provided with." That still didn't mean that Ianto himself had any intention of ever seeing the video himself. He was there, he knew what had happened, and once was enough, he didn't need Jack's tears to break his heart all over again.