[ well. he keeps catching her, she might as well fess up to one: ]
It was mostly an accident. And a long story.
[ the kind befitting one of harlan's own novels. she still hasn't herself to laugh over the irony just yet. ]
Right. Sorry.
[ the apology is reflexive; as was the assumption this wouldn't be a social thing. perhaps of all the things she would struggle to get used to, it's that — there are people here in more or less the same boat as her. for better or worse, they're in it together so... so it only makes sense to get to know them.
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It was mostly an accident. And a long story.
[ the kind befitting one of harlan's own novels. she still hasn't herself to laugh over the irony just yet. ]
Right.
Sorry.
[ the apology is reflexive; as was the assumption this wouldn't be a social thing. perhaps of all the things she would struggle to get used to, it's that — there are people here in more or less the same boat as her. for better or worse, they're in it together so... so it only makes sense to get to know them.
that being said— ]
You were joking about the candy wrappers, right?