Yeah. It's how it happened. I jumped out a window over a cliff, into the water below. I don't remember much of what happened afterward beyond waking up in an operating room, but I fully didn't expect...
[ To wake up. To exist and be alive. But it's something there so he knows the connection now. Who, how, and why. He deserved to know when he's offering her this and he understands it intimately. Time didn't matter. You couldn't compare suffering. ]
It could be, maybe. But I think you understand and what... what you've felt is valid, of course. But I think you can also understand that the sort of things we did for the people we care about, we wouldn't do it if we didn't want you to carry on. Because you matter. I can't say I understand him fully because we're different, we're not the same people... but if he did it. He did it because he wanted to, not just needed to.
[ Jill understands it. She tries to hide with a cant of her head, with a bit of her fringe disguising her eyes. It's always in her eyes, regardless of how her mouth is set or voice may waver. ]
I think he... like me, we'd understand. Why. That it's reciprocated, that if you had the opportunity you'd have done what we did, right? It's not so easy as just letting it go for either side. I was saved when it came down to it. My partner found me, he set down his weapons and let me break his bones. He never gave up on me. [ It's sweeter despite the hurt. ] Not the same. But I think you already know the answer it's just... it's different hearing it. You deserve that.
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[ To wake up. To exist and be alive. But it's something there so he knows the connection now. Who, how, and why. He deserved to know when he's offering her this and he understands it intimately. Time didn't matter. You couldn't compare suffering. ]
It could be, maybe. But I think you understand and what... what you've felt is valid, of course. But I think you can also understand that the sort of things we did for the people we care about, we wouldn't do it if we didn't want you to carry on. Because you matter. I can't say I understand him fully because we're different, we're not the same people... but if he did it. He did it because he wanted to, not just needed to.
[ Jill understands it. She tries to hide with a cant of her head, with a bit of her fringe disguising her eyes. It's always in her eyes, regardless of how her mouth is set or voice may waver. ]
I think he... like me, we'd understand. Why. That it's reciprocated, that if you had the opportunity you'd have done what we did, right? It's not so easy as just letting it go for either side. I was saved when it came down to it. My partner found me, he set down his weapons and let me break his bones. He never gave up on me. [ It's sweeter despite the hurt. ] Not the same. But I think you already know the answer it's just... it's different hearing it. You deserve that.