[She's hurt by it, too; maybe that's why it came out of Andrew's mouth first. There was nothing to do to stop it. She's the one who agreed to this, but there was nothing to do. It's that terrible compounding failure that recoils and hits everything in its wake, concussive.]
...Of course. After all that has transpired, I'm unable to tell you that you don't deserve your happiness or can't be happy.
[But there's such wounded detachment in her voice after her outburst. Siffrin has a gain to find thrill in, while she is still embattled in loss both tangible and spiritual.]
I hope you will remember to use your newly enhanced life to its fullest when the time comes. [That reciprocation, that punishment he wants to carry out as the only reprieve for lost protection.
... It will get worse later when Andrew peels from the group, too, when suddenly everyone's thoughts and words of repayment die like yesterday's embers.]
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...Of course. After all that has transpired, I'm unable to tell you that you don't deserve your happiness or can't be happy.
[But there's such wounded detachment in her voice after her outburst. Siffrin has a gain to find thrill in, while she is still embattled in loss both tangible and spiritual.]
I hope you will remember to use your newly enhanced life to its fullest when the time comes. [That reciprocation, that punishment he wants to carry out as the only reprieve for lost protection.
... It will get worse later when Andrew peels from the group, too, when suddenly everyone's thoughts and words of repayment die like yesterday's embers.]