Just putting one foot in front of the other and trying not to think about my deal?
["Easier" feels like the wrong word. She has fewer issues with her chest and throat tightening up on her when she does her best not to think about Root being dead forever. But thinking about her - her imagined presence - had been a comfort both in captivity and on the Barge, and now that she's trying to excise that, the loss feels like sinking into a deep, dark, empty ocean, just like it had in the day between her death and the Admiral making his offer.
There's a quiet thunking sound from her end of the line.]
I don't know. I, uh, I-- yeah, I don't know. I can still do my job.
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Date: 2023-06-12 02:48 pm (UTC)["Easier" feels like the wrong word. She has fewer issues with her chest and throat tightening up on her when she does her best not to think about Root being dead forever. But thinking about her - her imagined presence - had been a comfort both in captivity and on the Barge, and now that she's trying to excise that, the loss feels like sinking into a deep, dark, empty ocean, just like it had in the day between her death and the Admiral making his offer.
There's a quiet thunking sound from her end of the line.]
I don't know. I, uh, I-- yeah, I don't know. I can still do my job.