He asks the question without any trace of humour and Isabelle knows he's seriously asking, even if it's in a hypothetical. She doesn't know the answer to it, exactly. She never thought about marriage being on the cards before, back home. Isabelle always wanted to be the best Shadowhunter around and that meant dedicating her entire life to it. The job came first, protecting mundanes came first, and she doesn't know that she'd be able to do her job as effectively otherwise.
She thinks about what that's like now. It helps that Billy is a superhero who can look after himself, but if push came to shove, she knows she'd put his life before a stranger in the street. There are people who'd say that makes her a bad Shadowhunter, and that's never been what she wanted. She tells herself it's because things are different in Darrow, but maybe she just never met someone that changed the game back home.
"I don't know," she answers truthfully after a moment, giving him a look. "I didn't think so back then." She was supposed to be the best fighter she could be, and then probably die young, in some kind of battle. Instead she's here. "But a bunch of stuff is different here. So maybe."
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Date: 2017-05-16 01:27 pm (UTC)She thinks about what that's like now. It helps that Billy is a superhero who can look after himself, but if push came to shove, she knows she'd put his life before a stranger in the street. There are people who'd say that makes her a bad Shadowhunter, and that's never been what she wanted. She tells herself it's because things are different in Darrow, but maybe she just never met someone that changed the game back home.
"I don't know," she answers truthfully after a moment, giving him a look. "I didn't think so back then." She was supposed to be the best fighter she could be, and then probably die young, in some kind of battle. Instead she's here. "But a bunch of stuff is different here. So maybe."