Her reaction - it catches him off guard. She looks...horrified.
She genuinely hadn't thought about it, had she? All this time spent painting her in his head as a monster, the shadow he jumps at, a recurring nightmare...but now he's seeing the reality of it.
She's a seventeen year old girl who doesn't know what she had done.
"...Yes," he finally manages, just a little more calmly. He closes the distance somewhat, letting her get a better look at the consequences of her actions. "And you were - you were so new, I...I haven't turned right. I'm still having...a lot of trouble with it all."
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Date: 2022-02-24 03:48 am (UTC)She genuinely hadn't thought about it, had she? All this time spent painting her in his head as a monster, the shadow he jumps at, a recurring nightmare...but now he's seeing the reality of it.
She's a seventeen year old girl who doesn't know what she had done.
"...Yes," he finally manages, just a little more calmly. He closes the distance somewhat, letting her get a better look at the consequences of her actions. "And you were - you were so new, I...I haven't turned right. I'm still having...a lot of trouble with it all."