I get them all worked up and down on their knees, you see
It's the best she can hope for. The way he simply accepts what she says and adds his own to it. How often had she needed to be told? To have it screamed in her face because she was too blind to see it through Locke's actions? Too many times. Too many times to deserve the chance that she was getting now. They were trying again for what seemed like the umpteenth time, hoping beyond hope that this will finally be the one that sticks, but she feels it in her gut that it will be. As long as they talk.
Her lips twitch into a soft smile, allowing him to shift her as he moves in the water, knowing that she weighs next to nothing to him. "Don't worry, Jata. You were never meant to know. I didn't want to burden you with that. I wanted to sort my shit out and fix it." She hadn't wanted anyone to know because it was never meant to be more. It couldn't have been. Yet she'd inadvertently hurt them. It was the price she had to pay for her mistakes.
There was perhaps more for them to say on the topic, but she's shifting away from him and climbing onto the back of the dolphin, holding on tightly as it starts to move. Okay. Not too bad. She could do this. She just needed to not think about the fact that she couldn't touch the bottom and something could absolutely grab her if it wanted to. An easy task until Sunjata's voice is reaching her, telling her he's lost control of the creature, and slipping away into the waves as it surges forward. "Jata! It's not panic. Not quite, but it is edging into that territory as the dolphin heads for deeper water and all Maeve can do is hang on.
Her lips twitch into a soft smile, allowing him to shift her as he moves in the water, knowing that she weighs next to nothing to him. "Don't worry, Jata. You were never meant to know. I didn't want to burden you with that. I wanted to sort my shit out and fix it." She hadn't wanted anyone to know because it was never meant to be more. It couldn't have been. Yet she'd inadvertently hurt them. It was the price she had to pay for her mistakes.
There was perhaps more for them to say on the topic, but she's shifting away from him and climbing onto the back of the dolphin, holding on tightly as it starts to move. Okay. Not too bad. She could do this. She just needed to not think about the fact that she couldn't touch the bottom and something could absolutely grab her if it wanted to. An easy task until Sunjata's voice is reaching her, telling her he's lost control of the creature, and slipping away into the waves as it surges forward. "Jata! It's not panic. Not quite, but it is edging into that territory as the dolphin heads for deeper water and all Maeve can do is hang on.
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