[It's not the same. Not at all. If she can't see him yet, can't touch him, she wants his voice at least, quiet and steady and practical in her ear.]
[She isn't going to get what she wants. Not in any of this. Forcing herself to swallow back the frustration of it, biting her lip, she hesitates a moment and switches to the PM function.]
I think . . . I'm just scared.
[She suspects he knows that already. She's afraid to say it even now, afraid to give him too much guilt . . . but she's also held it in for a long time as it is. Saying it aloud, confessing it to him . . . it feels like a relief. Though she'll show fear, she won't always say it; she'll keep it in as hard as she can. To him, she can give that vulnerability.]
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[She isn't going to get what she wants. Not in any of this. Forcing herself to swallow back the frustration of it, biting her lip, she hesitates a moment and switches to the PM function.]
I think . . . I'm just scared.
[She suspects he knows that already. She's afraid to say it even now, afraid to give him too much guilt . . . but she's also held it in for a long time as it is. Saying it aloud, confessing it to him . . . it feels like a relief. Though she'll show fear, she won't always say it; she'll keep it in as hard as she can. To him, she can give that vulnerability.]