[ he isn't the only one. she studies aristaeus, remembering how stricken he'd been after she had returned from the castle. how erratic. he wasn't throwing her things at the wall, but he had freaked out in his own way.
both of them had to face it again. ]
I'm sorry.
[ she isn't used to it. having people. she has always been on her own, and therefore never needed to consider others in what she did, never had to anticipate long-term consequences for anything and how they would tilt a relationship. she keeps hurting people. she feels like a cactus, all spines. ]
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[ he isn't the only one. she studies aristaeus, remembering how stricken he'd been after she had returned from the castle. how erratic. he wasn't throwing her things at the wall, but he had freaked out in his own way.
both of them had to face it again. ]
I'm sorry.
[ she isn't used to it. having people. she has always been on her own, and therefore never needed to consider others in what she did, never had to anticipate long-term consequences for anything and how they would tilt a relationship. she keeps hurting people. she feels like a cactus, all spines. ]