Use me as the thing the Chaste taught us to fear. The Black Sky. It's me.
[ her voice is ragged, full of emotion that's only held back because she can tell he needs to fall apart over this more than she does. she's just put a whole lot of history in his lap, history that he can't remember because he hasn't lived it. ]
You should believe me because you can tell it’s the truth. [ and he's right, she's gotten away with lying by omission countless times. but she promised before her death not to hold things back from him anymore. even if he doesn't believe her now, even if he'll never remember her doing it, she wants to keep it. ] I don't expect you to, I know how all of it sounds, but I swear to you, it happened.
[ if he wants her to go into detail, she will. she knows she's only scratching the surface of the details with her explanation, but that already feels like too much to put on him. ]
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[ her voice is ragged, full of emotion that's only held back because she can tell he needs to fall apart over this more than she does. she's just put a whole lot of history in his lap, history that he can't remember because he hasn't lived it. ]
You should believe me because you can tell it’s the truth. [ and he's right, she's gotten away with lying by omission countless times. but she promised before her death not to hold things back from him anymore. even if he doesn't believe her now, even if he'll never remember her doing it, she wants to keep it. ] I don't expect you to, I know how all of it sounds, but I swear to you, it happened.
[ if he wants her to go into detail, she will. she knows she's only scratching the surface of the details with her explanation, but that already feels like too much to put on him. ]