[It's a little surprising that he brought it up at all, or that it was on his mind. To wonder that, maybe, somewhere far in the deepest reaches of it, he still had that tiniest inkling of doubt when he is always so confident breaks her heart a little, but it's his words that mend it. Even if it isn't quite that, even if it is just a passing thought, the fact that it exists makes her wish that she could kiss it all away.]
Who knows...
[Her smile is audible in the gentle lull of her voice.]
This might not even be a dream someday. "Even once" can become as long as we want it to be...
[How, she still has no idea, but she's holding out for it. If there's anyone in this place who could find a way to do it—to give them a way for their dream selves to remain here together, it's Eustace, and there's nothing that could or would ever waver her confidence in him.]
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[It's a little surprising that he brought it up at all, or that it was on his mind. To wonder that, maybe, somewhere far in the deepest reaches of it, he still had that tiniest inkling of doubt when he is always so confident breaks her heart a little, but it's his words that mend it. Even if it isn't quite that, even if it is just a passing thought, the fact that it exists makes her wish that she could kiss it all away.]
Who knows...
[Her smile is audible in the gentle lull of her voice.]
This might not even be a dream someday. "Even once" can become as long as we want it to be...
[How, she still has no idea, but she's holding out for it. If there's anyone in this place who could find a way to do it—to give them a way for their dream selves to remain here together, it's Eustace, and there's nothing that could or would ever waver her confidence in him.]