[ if grace seemed a little surprised and unsure at the cat jumping in her lap, it's nothing compared to her look once the memory fades.
there's a lot of questions in her mind, but instead she raises a hand to hesitantly pet the cat on her lap. ]
... We don't have to talk about it. [ it's the first thing she says, because she does feel the imbalance between both of them already, secret wise. and maybe it's better if she doesn't know these things? she did not sign up for this. ]
[He's just looking away at this point - this memory isn't as . . . jolting as some of the others in terms of shock and horror, but it's still. the adrenaline and anxiety of the moment takes a second to drain away.]
I know. [ both in an "i believe you" way, and-- well, it's a name. he can choose what he wants it to be. she's still petting the cat with one hand, but she reaches with her other to pat him, too. ] Molly suits you way better anyway.
[ there is a mauk missing, but that is not the point, since it turns out contact was a bad idea and, well. it's not grace's identity crisis, but this memory has a lot of the same feeling of dread and adrenaline. and a healthy dose of guilt. ]
This is. Horribly sad. Grace? It's a little difficult to understand the whole turning into a turtle thing, but the rest of it - lose and grief and trying to comfort a child. Well. That he actually does understand pretty well. That hurts.]
Ah-- We don't have to talk about it. If you don't want to. I don't have to have seen it.
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there's a lot of questions in her mind, but instead she raises a hand to hesitantly pet the cat on her lap. ]
... We don't have to talk about it. [ it's the first thing she says, because she does feel the imbalance between both of them already, secret wise. and maybe it's better if she doesn't know these things? she did not sign up for this. ]
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. . . Maybe for the best.
[. . .]
That isn't-- That isn't my name or anything.
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[ there is a mauk missing, but that is not the point, since it turns out contact was a bad idea and, well. it's not grace's identity crisis, but this memory has a lot of the same feeling of dread and adrenaline. and a healthy dose of guilt. ]
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This is. Horribly sad. Grace? It's a little difficult to understand the whole turning into a turtle thing, but the rest of it - lose and grief and trying to comfort a child. Well. That he actually does understand pretty well. That hurts.]
Ah-- We don't have to talk about it. If you don't want to. I don't have to have seen it.
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Please. You can't tell anyone about it. [ she's holding onto herself ] It-- It has to stay a secret.
[ he already agreed, but she doesn't seem to notice that so much? ]
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[Holding out a hand, to shake on it.]
I swear. It stays with me.
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Thank you. Sorry, I just... I don't know what's happening back on the train. I don't know if she's-- okay.