HARPER
She struggles with her words for a moment, but Harper simply sits there quietly as she gathers them together into what she is trying to say. Only when the pause of her words indicates that she has finished does he sit and stare into the mist, mulling over the words. Still gently swiping his thumb over her knuckles and brushing his hand up and down her back. A soothing motion for more than just her.
"There's a reason the phrase 'misery loves company' exists. Grief and sorrow do strange things to people." Something he knew firsthand, recalling those days after his parents had been killed when he had become sharp and brutal with anger and despair. Completely different from the buoyant boy he'd once been. "It doesn't change what you've already done. What you can do is try to move on. I don't want to assume, but I don't think either of you is ready for an apology to take place even if you wanted to give it." If it continues to bother her into the future that she had wanted to infect Sunjata with her own misery, then perhaps it will be the right time. Right now, the wounds are far too fresh. "For now...there's nowhere to move but forward and up. Success and happiness is the best revenge against those who've hurt you, against an unjust world." Maybe that will appeal to her more if she is reluctant to live for happiness alone.
"There's a reason the phrase 'misery loves company' exists. Grief and sorrow do strange things to people." Something he knew firsthand, recalling those days after his parents had been killed when he had become sharp and brutal with anger and despair. Completely different from the buoyant boy he'd once been. "It doesn't change what you've already done. What you can do is try to move on. I don't want to assume, but I don't think either of you is ready for an apology to take place even if you wanted to give it." If it continues to bother her into the future that she had wanted to infect Sunjata with her own misery, then perhaps it will be the right time. Right now, the wounds are far too fresh. "For now...there's nowhere to move but forward and up. Success and happiness is the best revenge against those who've hurt you, against an unjust world." Maybe that will appeal to her more if she is reluctant to live for happiness alone.
lord don't let me break this, let me hold you lightly
give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly
give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly
