Isla
"And sometimes they don't. And that's okay as well," Isla says slowly, as if recognising the way her own hope had ballooned in the room between them and doing her best to temper it back. For both of their sakes, it's probably better to take things at a pace best described as glacial. At least until she can understand Mateo's quest more thoroughly, anyway. Bringing her tea back to her lip, Isla spends a few moments to enjoy it in what she presumes will be silence, but Everest surprises her with the certainty in his next words.
"Yes, that's right. It's how Sunjata described it as well. It sounds terrible," she says, earnest in her worry - for everyone involved, not just for Ever. "This barrier might not stop you from seeing those things in others who have been infected, if they decide to stay. But you won't see it in The Family, at least. And there are only so many places to go in Haulani anyway, if it's any comfort to shrink the radius of your potential travelling."
"Yes, that's right. It's how Sunjata described it as well. It sounds terrible," she says, earnest in her worry - for everyone involved, not just for Ever. "This barrier might not stop you from seeing those things in others who have been infected, if they decide to stay. But you won't see it in The Family, at least. And there are only so many places to go in Haulani anyway, if it's any comfort to shrink the radius of your potential travelling."
sooner or later, we all have to wake
and try forgetting everything
and try forgetting everything
