[I don't want to see them, she thinks, like a child covering her ears against bad news. But she can't quite say it to him, with his patchwork always on display.]
...what if I choose wrong?
[The crux of it, the terrifying thing, and she's not sure there's a right choice at all because she doesn't feel like she has enough scraps to work with, but even if there is, she doubts she could make it.]
[voice]
...what if I choose wrong?
[The crux of it, the terrifying thing, and she's not sure there's a right choice at all because she doesn't feel like she has enough scraps to work with, but even if there is, she doubts she could make it.]