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destination: still east ([personal profile] aprescoup) wrote in [community profile] westwhere 2023-07-09 12:19 am (UTC)

( She has been wronged.

Yes, oh yes. She thinks it so. Knows it. But it has been years, years and a lifetime, and no one has spoken the words. And so to hear them now, her mouth rests slightly agape, eyes bright and wondering.

She does not speak for the longest time. Then, she nods. )


I don't know. I suppose, that he's here. That his creatures are here. I don't — he had a daughter. He seems to think that matters. I'll tell you this, I had a son. And now I don't, and I've carried on.

( The shrug that's born of her is fluid, graceful. Almost uncaring. )

It'll surprise you how much your life can throw in your path, and you'll still carry on.

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