If I had intended it to be one, do you truly believe I'd hand you any victory so easily? How insulting.
[ that small moment of levity from her aside — she doesn't have the words, truly, to frame what it is. acknowledgment, perhaps, that her pain is not the only entity to exist. something outside of herself that is easier to focus on than reopening her own old wounds. ]
You asked if it was terrible. Perhaps the more important question is whether it has to be, don't you think?
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[ that small moment of levity from her aside — she doesn't have the words, truly, to frame what it is. acknowledgment, perhaps, that her pain is not the only entity to exist. something outside of herself that is easier to focus on than reopening her own old wounds. ]
You asked if it was terrible. Perhaps the more important question is whether it has to be, don't you think?