[ It won't come easy to her, but she'll think. She's promised him, so she'll think.
She doesn't let go. Closes her eyes and just breathes, for a long minute, trying to compose herself a little, but it's tough. Tougher than usual. So she clings to her brother because he's there, and he listened, and he understood, this time. Mostly, anyway. ]
...stay— stay in our room like, once a week, maybe? Not if you don't want to, just...
[ She fights not to try and backpedal like her instinct is to do, but can't finish the sentence, either. ]
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[ It won't come easy to her, but she'll think. She's promised him, so she'll think.
She doesn't let go. Closes her eyes and just breathes, for a long minute, trying to compose herself a little, but it's tough. Tougher than usual. So she clings to her brother because he's there, and he listened, and he understood, this time. Mostly, anyway. ]
...stay— stay in our room like, once a week, maybe? Not if you don't want to, just...
[ She fights not to try and backpedal like her instinct is to do, but can't finish the sentence, either. ]