[ he hadn't expected to get attached to that idea himself. but then again, maybe he shouldn't be so shocked. it's exactly why he had made the deal with the baba yaga. for a chance to give someone else her story, to let her write it the way she wanted it to be, and it's something similar here too. he's never thought of himself as an optimist - a pessimist who specializes in denial at best - but he wanted to be. for a while. ]
[that's good advice, actually. she breathes out and nods.]
Okay. We'll see. Maybe it can't be like it was, but it can still be good.
[she thinks about home a little - about all of the silly things they've done together. convincing a town that they were having an adult sleepover or teasing gerard or going on a quest with rosamund to find a training bra. they've all been through so many terrible things, but when all of them are together, sometimes it still feels just like being together with your friends.]
[ this is really the most he can probably hope for - or manage to actually be able to get across in one night. but it is true, they do manage to somehow find a way to laugh even through the worst of it. also, bullying gerard really brings people together, that can be relied on. ]
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I don't think we have to give up on it yet.
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[there's that moment that changes you, the one where you realize, if you take the time to notice, that nothing is ever going to be the same again.]
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[ he really does have to believe that it's not too late. he's just a kid. ]
I dont know what's fair at all. Let him write this for himself. We'll be there to help.
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Okay. We'll see. Maybe it can't be like it was, but it can still be good.
[she thinks about home a little - about all of the silly things they've done together. convincing a town that they were having an adult sleepover or teasing gerard or going on a quest with rosamund to find a training bra. they've all been through so many terrible things, but when all of them are together, sometimes it still feels just like being together with your friends.]
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Come on. Should get back to the warehouse.
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