14. marmoreal
[Private to Iris and Simon, text]
thank you for trying
[Private to Mal, text]
What happened to you?
[After you saw me.]
[Private to Luna, voice]
Do you like pancakes?
[Spam for Mickey, Helena, Cassel, and Stephen]
[Sometime in the night, she breaks into their cabins, quietly. She just wants to watch for a while. Just wants to see that they're okay. If they wake, they might find her perched nearby, scribbling in a notebook. Or maybe just staring, small and still, chin on her knees.]
thank you for trying
[Private to Mal, text]
What happened to you?
[After you saw me.]
[Private to Luna, voice]
Do you like pancakes?
[Spam for Mickey, Helena, Cassel, and Stephen]
[Sometime in the night, she breaks into their cabins, quietly. She just wants to watch for a while. Just wants to see that they're okay. If they wake, they might find her perched nearby, scribbling in a notebook. Or maybe just staring, small and still, chin on her knees.]
private
[She doesn't know, or doesn't want to admit to herself, what she was afraid of. Is still afraid of, a little.]
private
private
It's just so - big. A difference. And what if it doesn't work?
[Hope is scary. If you're a weenie.]
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Then the world doesn't end. Then you try something else.
private
Okay. I'll try it.
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Good.
[Even hope can be an adrenaline rush.]