[No, she tells herself, no you need to not talk until you can do it in whole sentences. Even short ones. Teddy already spent all this time comforting her when he must be hurting too, for himself and for Billy and his other friends on the draft, and yet he hasn't let go. For the first time since dying that day, she feels safe enough.
So she cries a little more, without trying to explain herself; it's another few minutes before all the jumps in her breathing resolve to just one or two every once in a while. Mia lacks the strength to so much as lift her head yet, but she'll get there.]
[action, May 29]
[No, she tells herself, no you need to not talk until you can do it in whole sentences. Even short ones. Teddy already spent all this time comforting her when he must be hurting too, for himself and for Billy and his other friends on the draft, and yet he hasn't let go. For the first time since dying that day, she feels safe enough.
So she cries a little more, without trying to explain herself; it's another few minutes before all the jumps in her breathing resolve to just one or two every once in a while. Mia lacks the strength to so much as lift her head yet, but she'll get there.]