We... we were. She told me that her dream was when... if she ever left Prehevil, she wanted to start a bookstore. We... we talked about... next week, when the door changes.
[ he tilts his head down, wiping his face with his other shoulder. ]
... About getting... getting all the books we'd borrowed from the library, and... setting up a library together, in the village, so... so people could still have it when this place was gone.
[it aches a little to hear that, but - she imagines that ache must be much worse for him. it feels inadequate to say this, but more inadequate to say nothing.]
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[but - it's even more upsetting to see someone like him hurt so badly. someone so honest and caring, who already had a very difficult week.]
Would it help to do something for her, later? Some kind of memorial.
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We... we were. She told me that her dream was when... if she ever left Prehevil, she wanted to start a bookstore. We... we talked about... next week, when the door changes.
[ he tilts his head down, wiping his face with his other shoulder. ]
... About getting... getting all the books we'd borrowed from the library, and... setting up a library together, in the village, so... so people could still have it when this place was gone.
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[it aches a little to hear that, but - she imagines that ache must be much worse for him. it feels inadequate to say this, but more inadequate to say nothing.]
I'm sorry, Rondo.
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... Will you help me? Set it up. That's... that's how I want... I want to remember.
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[there's no hesitation there.]