( she doesn't mind the little glimpses of reprieve he provides, maybe because she can see through the overcast humor, maybe because it reminds her of another gruff voice doing all too closely the same thing. they all had their ways of coping — hers was just battering herself down into stories that weren't hers. )
It might have a thing or two to do with it.
( it's easier to talk about that, the surface-level idea of where she hides herself. )
She was diagnosed with cancer. It did't really give her much time, and you'd think you'd want more of that, we're all kind of desperate for it in the end, but she suffered. For it to stop was peace for her. We tried to keep everything up and running after she was gone but it wasn't the same. ( teeth pinch at the inners of her cheek, but she tries to keep herself here: a lesser cliff. not as much of a sentence. )
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It might have a thing or two to do with it.
( it's easier to talk about that, the surface-level idea of where she hides herself. )
She was diagnosed with cancer. It did't really give her much time, and you'd think you'd want more of that, we're all kind of desperate for it in the end, but she suffered. For it to stop was peace for her. We tried to keep everything up and running after she was gone but it wasn't the same. ( teeth pinch at the inners of her cheek, but she tries to keep herself here: a lesser cliff. not as much of a sentence. )
Sorry.