[ It doesn't feel like watching someone else's life anymore. Like that one moment of clarity when she saw Hei smile, blinding. It felt like seeing a glimpse of a world in streaming colors after decades of seeing only in dulled black and white. It was jarring, frightening. It left her feeling as if she's standing on the edge of a deadly cliff, wanting only to get away, return to safety. It left her wanting.
How many years, decades, centuries, would she give just to see it one more time?
Now Havoc lives in that world, far removed from her own, no matter that they stand in the same room. ]
Why?
[ Having finished her chopping duty, she carries the cutting board with the pseudocarrots closer, setting it right beside the stove for whenever they're needed. If only to seem less invested in her question than she actually is. ]
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How many years, decades, centuries, would she give just to see it one more time?
Now Havoc lives in that world, far removed from her own, no matter that they stand in the same room. ]
Why?
[ Having finished her chopping duty, she carries the cutting board with the pseudocarrots closer, setting it right beside the stove for whenever they're needed. If only to seem less invested in her question than she actually is. ]
You almost sabotaged yourself back there.