[ But then Buffy's cut it off, and Lightning's forced to hold back what she might have said anyway (if anything), rethinking in the following moments of silence.
It does rub her the wrong way just a bit, even if she recognizes too that it was well-intentioned-- and that the "you don't know what it's like at all" vein of thoughts that cause most of her soreness here are childish and obvious besides. First of all, it's not like she's ever made a habit of talking about how screwed over fate's made her... and secondly, it's not any sort of secret that she's hardly alone in this fact. Lightning's known that for a loooong time.
Unhappiness isn't metered, expanding to fill whatever space it's allowed to enter, is the thought that comes to mind. Charming.
In any case, she won't be forgetting the offer; even if annoyed and more than a little conflicted, she'll still be visiting the bar later that day and likely afterward as well. ]
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[ But then Buffy's cut it off, and Lightning's forced to hold back what she might have said anyway (if anything), rethinking in the following moments of silence.
It does rub her the wrong way just a bit, even if she recognizes too that it was well-intentioned-- and that the "you don't know what it's like at all" vein of thoughts that cause most of her soreness here are childish and obvious besides. First of all, it's not like she's ever made a habit of talking about how screwed over fate's made her... and secondly, it's not any sort of secret that she's hardly alone in this fact. Lightning's known that for a loooong time.
Unhappiness isn't metered, expanding to fill whatever space it's allowed to enter, is the thought that comes to mind. Charming.
In any case, she won't be forgetting the offer; even if annoyed and more than a little conflicted, she'll still be visiting the bar later that day and likely afterward as well. ]