[ it shouldn't surprise her, but it does. it should be expected, but it isn't. caught off-guard, her eye opens when she turns her head to look at him, a faint startlement at the corners of her open mouth.
does he know he has her trapped, with a counter like that? she can't say he hasn't burdened her—hasn't let her feel some weight from what he endured. she can't say it isn't a burden, because wouldn't that diminish his experience? to say, i know what has happened, and it means nothing to me?
she lacks the courage for callousness, when she would have to meet his eye. ]
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does he know he has her trapped, with a counter like that? she can't say he hasn't burdened her—hasn't let her feel some weight from what he endured. she can't say it isn't a burden, because wouldn't that diminish his experience? to say, i know what has happened, and it means nothing to me?
she lacks the courage for callousness, when she would have to meet his eye. ]
You don't deserve the misery of it.