"And how would you have shown more care, Jack? Put my up in the closet at the end of each day? You saved my life Jack. That is care enough."
Reinette was calculated enough then that when she took a step forward she brought her fingers up to touch one of the few expanses of skin left by his current costume. Her fingertips just brushed the top of his wrist.
"And what are you sorry for, Jack? That my country chose to tear itself apart from the inside out? That too many people died?" There was a heavy sadness in her words that neither discounted nor dwealt in them. "We are not the first."
"I mean what I said outside, Jack. She survived. She is still here, and she is still beautiful. And you allowed me to see that. Do not be sorry."
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Date: 2010-07-07 09:54 pm (UTC)Reinette was calculated enough then that when she took a step forward she brought her fingers up to touch one of the few expanses of skin left by his current costume. Her fingertips just brushed the top of his wrist.
"And what are you sorry for, Jack? That my country chose to tear itself apart from the inside out? That too many people died?" There was a heavy sadness in her words that neither discounted nor dwealt in them. "We are not the first."
"I mean what I said outside, Jack. She survived. She is still here, and she is still beautiful. And you allowed me to see that. Do not be sorry."