Ianto jolted a little, stumbling for a second as Sulu burst into action. He knew that the other was just concerned for him, knew that he was taking his direction and getting them moving quickly, and he trusted Sulu to do what had to be done to get him as far down along the tunnels towards the Hub as the other could force him to go. He reached out a hand, catching himself against the wall, not stopping, but just adding the extra support, as he listened to Sulu rattle off everything he'd said exactly as he'd said it, impressed by it all, really.
He wanted to ask if Sulu was really sure if he could carry him like this. He wanted to know beyond a doubt that he could. But he knew that Sulu really didn't have any sort of idea what this body was capable of, and although he wanted to ask, he wisely kept his mouth shut. As they passed through the end of the first set of tunnels, though, knowing they had seven left to go, Ianto started to panic a little bit. He knew he didn't have any reason to, and he knew that if he passed out all they had to do was find Jack and things would be back to normal, but his field of vision was narrowing by the minute, and the blood was starting to rush in his ears, and damned if he wasn't scared that him passing out on Sulu would be too much for the man--not exactly a man at that moment, his what, his friend? his...future date? what did you even call that sort of a person?--the other to deal with.
"I..." he said finally, needing to fill the silence with something other than his breathing. "I know that you don't have that much of a choice in being here, but. Thank you, anyway. I mean... There's a pretty good chance I'm going to pass out on you, before much longer. It. It really doesn't look good. I'll try to push myself as far as I can, but. I just wanted you to know that I appreciate today, and am well aware that I am going to owe you a lot, when all of this is over..."
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He wanted to ask if Sulu was really sure if he could carry him like this. He wanted to know beyond a doubt that he could. But he knew that Sulu really didn't have any sort of idea what this body was capable of, and although he wanted to ask, he wisely kept his mouth shut. As they passed through the end of the first set of tunnels, though, knowing they had seven left to go, Ianto started to panic a little bit. He knew he didn't have any reason to, and he knew that if he passed out all they had to do was find Jack and things would be back to normal, but his field of vision was narrowing by the minute, and the blood was starting to rush in his ears, and damned if he wasn't scared that him passing out on Sulu would be too much for the man--not exactly a man at that moment, his what, his friend? his...future date? what did you even call that sort of a person?--the other to deal with.
"I..." he said finally, needing to fill the silence with something other than his breathing. "I know that you don't have that much of a choice in being here, but. Thank you, anyway. I mean... There's a pretty good chance I'm going to pass out on you, before much longer. It. It really doesn't look good. I'll try to push myself as far as I can, but. I just wanted you to know that I appreciate today, and am well aware that I am going to owe you a lot, when all of this is over..."