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Number FIVE ☂ ([personal profile] somebadnews) wrote in [community profile] westwhere 2023-06-24 01:17 pm (UTC)

[ The guilt he feels the moment after admitting what she told him is for Allison's sake. He looks pained as he realizes that she was forced to abandon Ray, and from what he saw of the man he seemed... more understanding. Less accusing than who Five sees in the window.

Something else strikes him as she ventures further to offer her advice. She's not just talking about Dolores moving on. It hurts to think about, because he already made that choice. He chose to be with his family when he left her in that department store, and here he is, with all but one sibling gone, and the one that's left doesn't have anything close to the life he wanted for them. Nothing better waiting for her from what he's heard. ]


She was... back when I thought it was all over, I left her behind. I knew, we couldn't just... I knew things had changed. [ His expression twists. ] I'd changed. Obviously.

[ Regressing to a child. Dolores is the one who said the equations looked off. ]

But I miss her. I miss talking to her. She...

[ He shrugs, helplessly. It's hard to explain that she was all he had, and the more he tries the more lost he gets. ]

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