( she listens, of course, with all the patience that an explanation like this is due. she knows the answer, as does he, and it's especially clear to her eyes now that they stand in closer proximity. it's somewhat cruel to force him to acknowledge and voice their brittle state, but she sees little alternative. )
It is as you say.
( but she's not angry, nor is she saddened by his assessment. these are simply the cards they were dealt, and it is not as though she's unaware of her own mortality. )
We are the shattered life born in the aftermath of a cruel cataclysm.
( now does her composure fracture, and the frown that sits on her lip is sympathetic, but troubled. how is one even meant to say that their world is born of the demise of another's?
but surely, even with mere pieces to the puzzle, there are some conclusions he can draw on his own. )
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It is as you say.
( but she's not angry, nor is she saddened by his assessment. these are simply the cards they were dealt, and it is not as though she's unaware of her own mortality. )
We are the shattered life born in the aftermath of a cruel cataclysm.
( now does her composure fracture, and the frown that sits on her lip is sympathetic, but troubled. how is one even meant to say that their world is born of the demise of another's?
but surely, even with mere pieces to the puzzle, there are some conclusions he can draw on his own. )