neurotoxicity: (beu7YLdproverbially)
Ivy Tamwood ([personal profile] neurotoxicity) wrote in [community profile] aterat 2022-06-10 01:15 pm (UTC)

They were both extremely well adjusted people, definitely. "Then is it really a problem?" Was that the best way to think about it? Nope, definitely not. Was it the way she handled things herself? Pretty much. She always knew her ways of dealing weren't healthy and she felt the shame of if after but never really tried to change. It'd be pretty hypocritical of her to try to tell him it was bad of him to do. And she was clearly being hypocritical enough with her following question.

She looked down in slight embarrassment at his reaction and sighed. "Seemed like something you'd say." Was that an attempt at saving face? Just a bit. He'd clearly realized how hypocritical it was for her to say and it was really hitting her how bad she was at offering comfort like this to anyone. How was someone as fucked up as she as able to help anyone? She couldn't. "Yeah, I know. But, haven't you said before you have to make the best of the time you have here?" Or something along those lines. At least she was pretty sure he had when he'd been encouraging her to try something with Harry.

"Mm, I'm sorry. Not a very....thoughtful suggestion." Not everyone was as lucky as she was or as Rachel had been to find her. "I'm sorry that you lost that from the Sphere." That hardly sounded helpful. "Needing time to adjust seems understandable given everything."

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