It's - [ she breathes in, and out, gasps light to get the next breath in ] - complicated. There's so much that's happened...
[ and she hesitates on wanting to tell the truth, until she remembers that's what got her into this in the first place. she shuts her eyes and carefully dabs the back of her hand against her cheeks, a futile attempt to clean herself up, and swallows down her next cry. she's not quite done, but slowly she feels herself calming down. she hopes it lasts. ]
Mom I... I've been gone for almost a year. It's only been an hour here, but I haven't just been gone an hour, I was there for so long.
[ the satellite destruction in the late spring of 2018, to the early spring of 2019. the only time she's gone home in-between was to meet with eobard. her eyes glance at a digital clock that hovers on her desk and... he has only minutes left. ]
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[ and she hesitates on wanting to tell the truth, until she remembers that's what got her into this in the first place. she shuts her eyes and carefully dabs the back of her hand against her cheeks, a futile attempt to clean herself up, and swallows down her next cry. she's not quite done, but slowly she feels herself calming down. she hopes it lasts. ]
Mom I... I've been gone for almost a year. It's only been an hour here, but I haven't just been gone an hour, I was there for so long.
[ the satellite destruction in the late spring of 2018, to the early spring of 2019. the only time she's gone home in-between was to meet with eobard. her eyes glance at a digital clock that hovers on her desk and... he has only minutes left. ]