[Something raw flashes over her face at the recollection.]
I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt you by saying that.
[It's always been her way to be blunt, to say what's on her mind. But if he's held onto it that long, then it clearly affected him more than he was willing to disclose at the time.
She really should be careful how much of herself she pours into someone who can't change nor reciprocate. Yet, in his position, what would she do? Unable to adapt, unable to move on, yet equally as unable to go back. Homeless, friendless, and without the release of death.
What could she do other than despair?]
Is there anything you wish from us? Anything within the realm of possibility? I know it is a difficult problem, but perhaps... if there is aught I can do to ease the pain...
[Maybe being there is the best she can do. But does her presence do more harm or good? She doesn't know anymore. This is a topic with no answer and no end in sight, certainly; she wonders briefly if she ought to try and distract him from it, or at least get the biting part done so she has an excuse to not talk for a while.]
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I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt you by saying that.
[It's always been her way to be blunt, to say what's on her mind. But if he's held onto it that long, then it clearly affected him more than he was willing to disclose at the time.
She really should be careful how much of herself she pours into someone who can't change nor reciprocate. Yet, in his position, what would she do? Unable to adapt, unable to move on, yet equally as unable to go back. Homeless, friendless, and without the release of death.
What could she do other than despair?]
Is there anything you wish from us? Anything within the realm of possibility? I know it is a difficult problem, but perhaps... if there is aught I can do to ease the pain...
[Maybe being there is the best she can do. But does her presence do more harm or good? She doesn't know anymore. This is a topic with no answer and no end in sight, certainly; she wonders briefly if she ought to try and distract him from it, or at least get the biting part done so she has an excuse to not talk for a while.]