[For a person very prone to interruption and swiftly and immediately expressing her opinions on any subject which arises, no matter how aggravating or impolite, Wysteria miraculously manages to maintain near-religious silence throughout this confession. And afterward, though aware of the impulse to directly correct him (she wasn't imagining anything; she was merely broadly curious), she manage to hold her tongue for the beat necessary to think better of it.
Maybe it feels like a very long silence. Like maybe a month long silence, were someone to acknowledge the timestamps on these tags. Maybe it's just enough time to begin to feel a prick of reservation for having said anything at all—]
It is very ordinary, [she says at last.] But I suppose ordinariness doesn't really matter to a little boy, and I can see why you wouldn't wish to think on it. Particularly as you're so far removed from it now.
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Date: 2022-07-05 03:54 am (UTC)Maybe it feels like a very long silence.
Like maybe a month long silence, were someone to acknowledge the timestamps on these tags.Maybe it's just enough time to begin to feel a prick of reservation for having said anything at all—]It is very ordinary, [she says at last.] But I suppose ordinariness doesn't really matter to a little boy, and I can see why you wouldn't wish to think on it. Particularly as you're so far removed from it now.