[He's here. It feels like she's exhaling a thousand held breaths at once. Oh, god, he's here, he is--he hasn't left--he'll tell her what to do.]
[All of a sudden she's crying, relief and dread twisting in her stomach. Bile rises in her mouth, and she almost throws up, almost, swallows it down, but she sobs and sobs before she can get herself under control to string words together. When she finally does, when she gets the camera set up so she can look at him, she's barely coherent, her face streaked with tears, her lip trembling.]
I thought you were gone! I thought--
[A shuddering breath; she bites her lip hard enough that it goes white and presses her cool palms to her warm cheeks. No, no, no, no, no.]
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[He's here. It feels like she's exhaling a thousand held breaths at once. Oh, god, he's here, he is--he hasn't left--he'll tell her what to do.]
[All of a sudden she's crying, relief and dread twisting in her stomach. Bile rises in her mouth, and she almost throws up, almost, swallows it down, but she sobs and sobs before she can get herself under control to string words together. When she finally does, when she gets the camera set up so she can look at him, she's barely coherent, her face streaked with tears, her lip trembling.]
I thought you were gone! I thought--
[A shuddering breath; she bites her lip hard enough that it goes white and presses her cool palms to her warm cheeks. No, no, no, no, no.]
I thought you left. Don't leave.