The reminder that she has closed herself off, that he didn't consider himself to know her, not really, brings a somewhat shameful color to her gaze, to the way she holds herself. Even though it wasn't just Asher... or maybe because it wasn't.
It was hard. Being honest. Opening up, when, just as he was doing now... so many left her behind, and she was forced again and again to make the choice to either bury herself in her work and her experiments... or to reach out again.
... with Asher gone... how many would remain that she had served beside in ALASTAIR? Who had known her, even a little?
(And then there were four.)]
... and I as well.
[Is what she finally says. To apologize now for not allowing him to know her better... what use was there in that?
Instead, she finally creaks back to movement, to the album she had pulled out in preparation... and to the photograph she'd selected. A printed out kodak disposable camera, timestamped 02/11/1993.
A group photo, from her birthday party in Woodhurst. There is Lucina, and Loki, and Urahara, and Ahad, and Olivia, and Achilles, and Patroclus (alive). There she is, in the middle, behind a cake. Smiling. Wearing the necklace he had given her that day.]
... I wanted to you to have this. If you will be able to take things with you.
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The reminder that she has closed herself off, that he didn't consider himself to know her, not really, brings a somewhat shameful color to her gaze, to the way she holds herself. Even though it wasn't just Asher... or maybe because it wasn't.
It was hard. Being honest. Opening up, when, just as he was doing now... so many left her behind, and she was forced again and again to make the choice to either bury herself in her work and her experiments... or to reach out again.
... with Asher gone... how many would remain that she had served beside in ALASTAIR? Who had known her, even a little?
(And then there were four.)]
... and I as well.
[Is what she finally says. To apologize now for not allowing him to know her better... what use was there in that?
Instead, she finally creaks back to movement, to the album she had pulled out in preparation... and to the photograph she'd selected. A printed out kodak disposable camera, timestamped 02/11/1993.
A group photo, from her birthday party in Woodhurst. There is Lucina, and Loki, and Urahara, and Ahad, and Olivia, and Achilles, and Patroclus (alive). There she is, in the middle, behind a cake. Smiling. Wearing the necklace he had given her that day.]
... I wanted to you to have this. If you will be able to take things with you.