Aurelia
'cause not everything means something, honey
so say the unsayable, say the most human things
so say the unsayable, say the most human things
The note is forgotten, even if it still rests in her hand. The glass goes untouched, too.
In a way, it is all the same to her. Suppose she'd prefer it that way. If Jack wants to shoulder that weight too then so be it. Through the pang of frustration, however, she feels a sense of knowing and a guilt that comes with it. She knows he's upset at her for not telling him about her new title.
"I wasn't going to keep it from you," she states, meeting his glazed eyes and personally understanding that feeling. She doesn't have to be a mind-reader for that. "I planned on telling you... I wasn't going to send a fucking letter, Jack." No, that would feel too impersonal. "But between what happened to me in the Oerwoud-" where a spirit or some unnatural phenomena quite literally changed her face "-and this shit.. it's a gods-damned mess, Jack, I'm sorry." Her voice shakes into an apology with the honesty, built-up frustration, and lingering trauma behind it. It's all fucked. As for where they'll go from here? That's up to him.
In a way, it is all the same to her. Suppose she'd prefer it that way. If Jack wants to shoulder that weight too then so be it. Through the pang of frustration, however, she feels a sense of knowing and a guilt that comes with it. She knows he's upset at her for not telling him about her new title.
"I wasn't going to keep it from you," she states, meeting his glazed eyes and personally understanding that feeling. She doesn't have to be a mind-reader for that. "I planned on telling you... I wasn't going to send a fucking letter, Jack." No, that would feel too impersonal. "But between what happened to me in the Oerwoud-" where a spirit or some unnatural phenomena quite literally changed her face "-and this shit.. it's a gods-damned mess, Jack, I'm sorry." Her voice shakes into an apology with the honesty, built-up frustration, and lingering trauma behind it. It's all fucked. As for where they'll go from here? That's up to him.
if everything is temporary
I will bear the unbearable
I will bear the unbearable
