[Glimmer's right, and she hates that she's right, but she needed to come up for air, too. It's all so close, just a step to the side of everything that's too familiar, and it all hurts. Like salt in raw wounds. But she can sit, she can listen. She can even touch her again.
She just can't do everything at once. Not yet.
Ellie curls her fingers around Glimmer's, holding on as best she can. For the first time, she's thankful for the injury, and that very thought is profoundly unsettling.]
... because she cares about you.
[Ellie lifts her eyes to take in Glimmer's face.]
When you care about someone, you can't always forgive them. Or live with them. But you always want to try.
[Ellie looks down at the table, drawing the fingernails of her free hand along the edge, picking at it.]
And sometimes the road to forgiveness is that long, dark tunnel. You're not going to be in the same place when you come out the other side, but you can't let yourself stop there, either.
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She just can't do everything at once. Not yet.
Ellie curls her fingers around Glimmer's, holding on as best she can. For the first time, she's thankful for the injury, and that very thought is profoundly unsettling.]
... because she cares about you.
[Ellie lifts her eyes to take in Glimmer's face.]
When you care about someone, you can't always forgive them. Or live with them. But you always want to try.
[Ellie looks down at the table, drawing the fingernails of her free hand along the edge, picking at it.]
And sometimes the road to forgiveness is that long, dark tunnel. You're not going to be in the same place when you come out the other side, but you can't let yourself stop there, either.