[ She takes a breath before she answers, gazing more into thought than their surroundings. It doesn't involve him, because it didn't happen to him, and he doesn't remember it. If it were just that, then that's all answer there would need to be. But the reason she's thinking of it, the reason he's asking, the reason it matters, is an entity that does remember. That can act.
She doesn't want history to repeat. She knows it won't, if she's allowed to act.
(Was it the right decision to make, in the first place? She hopes so. God, she hopes so. She hopes he would have forgiven her. She hopes he never knew.) ]
If you're sure. [ Her voice remains quiet. He asked. Even against her warnings, he's asked — and she'd made a promise to him before, hadn't she? All he has to do is ask. ] ... Then, we should go somewhere a little more private.
[ And if he hears the whole story, if he asks for all of it... and he can't forgive her... then at least they won't have an audience. ]
no subject
She doesn't want history to repeat. She knows it won't, if she's allowed to act.
(Was it the right decision to make, in the first place? She hopes so. God, she hopes so. She hopes he would have forgiven her. She hopes he never knew.) ]
If you're sure. [ Her voice remains quiet. He asked. Even against her warnings, he's asked — and she'd made a promise to him before, hadn't she? All he has to do is ask. ] ... Then, we should go somewhere a little more private.
[ And if he hears the whole story, if he asks for all of it... and he can't forgive her... then at least they won't have an audience. ]