[She looks sideways at him. She's not really sure if she understood, still. Or if her experience relates. Or... she doesn't know.
But she did ask. And she does listen.
She quiets down, spotting the way that it was a decision about whether to talk about it at all. Which means she shouldn't interrupt. A lot fits into place, then; why they do this, to stop things like that from happening. And the guilt -- not the sort of guilt she's felt, but she can imagine it. It would be one thing to know it wasn't his fault, intellectually.
It's another, Junna realizes, to be able to feel that. She looks down, quiet for a moment. But then she nods.]
...I'm sorry. I... can't imagine what it's like. I know you... know it wasn't your fault. But...
[She exhales.]
He's still here. And you're still here. [Which, after the surgery and everything else, is a small miracle.] I know that can't make what happened change.
But I think for both of you, it means the future's still wide open, right?
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[She looks sideways at him. She's not really sure if she understood, still. Or if her experience relates. Or... she doesn't know.
But she did ask. And she does listen.
She quiets down, spotting the way that it was a decision about whether to talk about it at all. Which means she shouldn't interrupt. A lot fits into place, then; why they do this, to stop things like that from happening. And the guilt -- not the sort of guilt she's felt, but she can imagine it. It would be one thing to know it wasn't his fault, intellectually.
It's another, Junna realizes, to be able to feel that. She looks down, quiet for a moment. But then she nods.]
...I'm sorry. I... can't imagine what it's like. I know you... know it wasn't your fault. But...
[She exhales.]
He's still here. And you're still here. [Which, after the surgery and everything else, is a small miracle.] I know that can't make what happened change.
But I think for both of you, it means the future's still wide open, right?