Jesse is about to force herself to answer but the words leave her mind the moment Alan wraps his arms around her. She stops entirely, eyes wide, staring at the ground. Part of her can't understand why he's doing it. They're strangers, he has no reason to care, no attachment. That part of her just doesn't understand why he is bothering. The other part is wanting to grasp onto anything that might prove there's someone else who understands.
« Does he really understand? Does he really believe me? How could anyone? This is still different from Ordinary. Good. Nothing like that should ever happen again. But... what if he really does believe? »
Her green eyes close. She hasn't pulled out of his hold but she also hasn't leaned into it more either.
A few minutes pass before she can bring herself to say something. Anything. ]
Bad things came out... like this. [ Jesse knows it's not specific enough. She's not willing to divulge all the details. Most the details. ] One of those bad things it... it changed some of my friends. Made them violent. [ Her head lowers slightly. ] All of the adults disappeared. It was just us kids. We stopped it--my brother, me, my friend. T-then the government came... they asked questions. They took my brother. I... I got away, but...
[ « Dylan was right behind me. I didn't mean to leave him. I don't know how we got separated. It's my fault. » ]
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Jesse is about to force herself to answer but the words leave her mind the moment Alan wraps his arms around her. She stops entirely, eyes wide, staring at the ground. Part of her can't understand why he's doing it. They're strangers, he has no reason to care, no attachment. That part of her just doesn't understand why he is bothering. The other part is wanting to grasp onto anything that might prove there's someone else who understands.
« Does he really understand? Does he really believe me? How could anyone? This is still different from Ordinary. Good. Nothing like that should ever happen again. But... what if he really does believe? »
Her green eyes close. She hasn't pulled out of his hold but she also hasn't leaned into it more either.
A few minutes pass before she can bring herself to say something. Anything. ]
Bad things came out... like this. [ Jesse knows it's not specific enough. She's not willing to divulge all the details. Most the details. ] One of those bad things it... it changed some of my friends. Made them violent. [ Her head lowers slightly. ] All of the adults disappeared. It was just us kids. We stopped it--my brother, me, my friend. T-then the government came... they asked questions. They took my brother. I... I got away, but...
[ « Dylan was right behind me. I didn't mean to leave him. I don't know how we got separated. It's my fault. » ]