[She hovers for a while before she sits and she picks a spot lower than him, careful not to touch him, careful to be able to watch him. It probably speaks about the abuse she's known, about the people she surrounded herself with.]
[Mixed in with that is naturally the topic at hand. But he's right, and she already knows she's going to ask about everything. She just needed that moment to admit to herself (and someone else, maybe that was just as important) how daunting it is.]
[She's still thinking about Maddy, but the question could mean either of them, when she does ask it after a moment of silence.]
no subject
[Mixed in with that is naturally the topic at hand. But he's right, and she already knows she's going to ask about everything. She just needed that moment to admit to herself (and someone else, maybe that was just as important) how daunting it is.]
[She's still thinking about Maddy, but the question could mean either of them, when she does ask it after a moment of silence.]
How did it happen?