[ in some circumstances, withholding information has been necessary; in others, it's been nothing but a hindrance. she understands and sympathizes that more than most after every secret she'd been fed by her mother unraveled, but that truth doesn't make it less harrowing to share what she knows.
she glowers for all of a moment (a handful of seconds, more precisely), but even conveying that disapproval and exasperation is brief. ]
I'm being followed.
[ short, sweet, and to the point. she doesn't add that she's convinced she's being followed, or that she feels like she's bound to go insane from it; even she can't handle acknowledging that much. ]
Someone from home showed up. He's — [ insane. psychotic. obsessed, to some degree. none of those feel fitting, and so she swallows them down and ignores the bitter taste in her mouth. ] Just let me handle it.
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she glowers for all of a moment (a handful of seconds, more precisely), but even conveying that disapproval and exasperation is brief. ]
I'm being followed.
[ short, sweet, and to the point. she doesn't add that she's convinced she's being followed, or that she feels like she's bound to go insane from it; even she can't handle acknowledging that much. ]
Someone from home showed up. He's — [ insane. psychotic. obsessed, to some degree. none of those feel fitting, and so she swallows them down and ignores the bitter taste in her mouth. ] Just let me handle it.