( The words never mind linger on her tongue, the stock response she's so used to leaning on in moments like this, but guilt stabs at her with echoes of words uttered a month ago and hisses about deserving better. Far better than her ignoring everything for the sake of being able to keep some veil of denial over it all.
Ignis deserves far better than the habits built years ago, but so does she. She's come too far in these ten years to keep holding onto it.
Kate takes a breath, glancing down at their intertwined hands before she speaks. )
I... know I'm not good at talking. Wish I was sometimes. ( She speaks slowly to get the words right as much as she does because she has to fight to get them out, even in the face of all of Sorrow's guilt. )
... Never managed to tell my brother - ah... ( Her teeth catch her lower lip there, awareness that she's on the edges of rambling in ways she doesn't need to stopping those words. )
The point is, I know we don't have any guarantees here. Don't want to --
( rambling. Again. Can she blame being friends with Carlisle for this? )
I'm happier 'cause of you. Just... needed you to know that.
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Date: 2018-04-26 07:58 pm (UTC)Ignis deserves far better than the habits built years ago, but so does she. She's come too far in these ten years to keep holding onto it.
Kate takes a breath, glancing down at their intertwined hands before she speaks. )
I... know I'm not good at talking. Wish I was sometimes. ( She speaks slowly to get the words right as much as she does because she has to fight to get them out, even in the face of all of Sorrow's guilt. )
... Never managed to tell my brother - ah... ( Her teeth catch her lower lip there, awareness that she's on the edges of rambling in ways she doesn't need to stopping those words. )
The point is, I know we don't have any guarantees here. Don't want to --
( rambling. Again. Can she blame being friends with Carlisle for this? )
I'm happier 'cause of you. Just... needed you to know that.
( She Tried, ok? )