[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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. . . 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.