[Pensive, wistful. She holds his gaze as long as he does.]
I made a legal waiver, the first night. Said I consented to anything, everything, had the ship witness it. He could have killed me then and suffered no repercussions.
It wasn't that I trusted him. I didn't even know him. I don't know if I thought he was incapable of destroying any part of me that mattered or if I honestly wanted to risk it. Maybe both. We did such terrible things to each other. But splendidly.
I trusted him later. Just -
[Just to be with her, to hold on to what she thought meant so much to both of them. I could not watch because I love you.]
He left me behind.
[She would have preferred he killed her at the start. She'd accepted that, he had permission. Her voice shakes, a little. But she doesn't cry. She's done crying over Darling.]
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[Pensive, wistful. She holds his gaze as long as he does.]
I made a legal waiver, the first night. Said I consented to anything, everything, had the ship witness it. He could have killed me then and suffered no repercussions.
It wasn't that I trusted him. I didn't even know him. I don't know if I thought he was incapable of destroying any part of me that mattered or if I honestly wanted to risk it. Maybe both. We did such terrible things to each other. But splendidly.
I trusted him later. Just -
[Just to be with her, to hold on to what she thought meant so much to both of them. I could not watch because I love you.]
He left me behind.
[She would have preferred he killed her at the start. She'd accepted that, he had permission. Her voice shakes, a little. But she doesn't cry. She's done crying over Darling.]