[Heather is possibly EVEN MORE CERTAIN THAN HE IS of that, but... this isn't the time to indulge her burning hatred of Dante. Maybe later. As a treat.]
[The backrub becomes a one-armed hug and the grocery bag rustles between them as she scoots closer.]
Yeah, not all of it... but you're here now and you do better and that's more than she'd do.
[And judging by what he'd said about it, it sounds like the kid knows that, too.]
He's probably having... a really bad time.
[Especially over Lust. Living through abuse as a child is bad enough... adding that level of guilt in? Unimaginable. At least as Alessa, the disappearances she'd caused had never been people she was personally close to... that she can remember, anyway...]
... But I think that you being here to help him through it... is a good thing.
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[The backrub becomes a one-armed hug and the grocery bag rustles between them as she scoots closer.]
Yeah, not all of it... but you're here now and you do better and that's more than she'd do.
[And judging by what he'd said about it, it sounds like the kid knows that, too.]
He's probably having... a really bad time.
[Especially over Lust. Living through abuse as a child is bad enough... adding that level of guilt in? Unimaginable.
At least as Alessa, the disappearances she'd caused had never been people she was personally close to... that she can remember, anyway...]... But I think that you being here to help him through it... is a good thing.
Will be a good thing.
For both of you.