[ She seems distracted, but really she's quite aware of how he reaches out to her, given her mindset at the moment. Not only does she let him, after a beat she lets her fingers tighten the hold back automatically, blinking down them in the soft glow of whatever light has managed to sneak in through the window and cracks around the door. ]
It was nice, seeing them again.
[ Vanille, and Hope, even though she missed the opportunity to talk to him as she is now, apologize for the uncertainty she put him through...
Aside from this little incident that forced a pause in it for a few days, she's been thinking a lot since she reappeared here with an eternity's worth of issues on her shoulders. It almost seems harder than it was before, trying to settle in, not go crazy from the pressure of unfinished business... but in the end- ]
We have to use what time we're given. [ She pauses for a breath, thoughtful, then looks back with a bittersweet smile. ] Otherwise... we wake up one day and then it's far too late.
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It was nice, seeing them again.
[ Vanille, and Hope, even though she missed the opportunity to talk to him as she is now, apologize for the uncertainty she put him through...
Aside from this little incident that forced a pause in it for a few days, she's been thinking a lot since she reappeared here with an eternity's worth of issues on her shoulders. It almost seems harder than it was before, trying to settle in, not go crazy from the pressure of unfinished business... but in the end- ]
We have to use what time we're given. [ She pauses for a breath, thoughtful, then looks back with a bittersweet smile. ] Otherwise... we wake up one day and then it's far too late.