[ Without thinking, without hesitation, he moved to close his hand over hers. And some of the tension slowly bled out of him. It was like the volume on everything was suddenly turned down, it he felt that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't so impossible.
Her words were almost enough to send more tears down his cheeks. He still didn't fully understand any of it. He barely grasped the Barge itself. Then there was that inexplicable five-day stint in the jungle. And he still didn't understand everything from before he'd been on the barge.
He couldn't look at her for long. Those bruises on her neck were too much of a reminder of how real those days had been. So just looked away. His hand tightening over hers. ]
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Her words were almost enough to send more tears down his cheeks. He still didn't fully understand any of it. He barely grasped the Barge itself. Then there was that inexplicable five-day stint in the jungle. And he still didn't understand everything from before he'd been on the barge.
He couldn't look at her for long. Those bruises on her neck were too much of a reminder of how real those days had been. So just looked away. His hand tightening over hers. ]