[Eren’s face, the delay, tells her everything before his voice does. Better this, Aubrey supposes, than having the world force her to yell the name. She’d take Eren’s hand in a token effort at comfort, but if it spurs another memory that could surely only escalate, so she keeps back.]
[It occurs to Aubrey she doesn’t like hearing Eren so flat, either. But it’s nothing she’s not used to.
[Besides, it’s a good question. …Isn’t it?]
You know… when I was talking to one of my friends back h—in Faraway [and she watches Eren closely for his reaction, as she cedes some memory the normal way], I told him… that it’s okay to have emotions, and to be patient. That was before [Basil— She glances away, for a moment.] things went wrong, and I second-guessed everything…
But maybe we’re supposed to deal with things here. Not that I’m sure why, either.
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[Eren’s face, the delay, tells her everything before his voice does. Better this, Aubrey supposes, than having the world force her to yell the name. She’d take Eren’s hand in a token effort at comfort, but if it spurs another memory that could surely only escalate, so she keeps back.]
[It occurs to Aubrey she doesn’t like hearing Eren so flat, either. But it’s nothing she’s not used to.
[Besides, it’s a good question. …Isn’t it?]
You know… when I was talking to one of my friends back h—in Faraway [and she watches Eren closely for his reaction, as she cedes some memory the normal way], I told him… that it’s okay to have emotions, and to be patient. That was before [Basil— She glances away, for a moment.] things went wrong, and I second-guessed everything…
But maybe we’re supposed to deal with things here. Not that I’m sure why, either.