[And the moment that his arms go around her and she's pulled in, the water splashing gently between them, she breaks. She tried to be strong, she tried to hold herself together for him because she wanted to be sturdy and solid ground for him to stand on. She knows what it's like, feeling like the world's crumbled beneath her feet, and she doesn't want that for Eustace. Not again, and not ever.
So she just holds him back, her arms going around him fully as she cries gently into his shoulder. Even when he woke up, she kept it all in, not wanting to frighten or upset him, and now it comes pouring out in a way that she would not let it before.
Relief, and pain, and sadness... guilt... all wrapped up in her body that's come bursting forth.]
We did what we could, but I still miss her. And... [She hiccups.] I'm sorry that I couldn't stop it. For you.
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[And the moment that his arms go around her and she's pulled in, the water splashing gently between them, she breaks. She tried to be strong, she tried to hold herself together for him because she wanted to be sturdy and solid ground for him to stand on. She knows what it's like, feeling like the world's crumbled beneath her feet, and she doesn't want that for Eustace. Not again, and not ever.
So she just holds him back, her arms going around him fully as she cries gently into his shoulder. Even when he woke up, she kept it all in, not wanting to frighten or upset him, and now it comes pouring out in a way that she would not let it before.
Relief, and pain, and sadness... guilt... all wrapped up in her body that's come bursting forth.]
We did what we could, but I still miss her. And... [She hiccups.] I'm sorry that I couldn't stop it. For you.