Then I'll turn it on the Hunger, (Lucretia replies tightly, her fingertips tapping restlessly on the back of Lup's hand,) I'm nearly there, Lup. I encountered a slight set-back with the Animus Bell, sure, but I'll– I'll double back, I'll take it last.
(There's a lot more to it than that. She doesn't know how to mention just how much Wonderland has thrown her off course, how much she had sacrificed for– for nothing. Or: for a second chance. If she had died in there, everything would have been lost immediately. She's still deeply shaken by the realisation that she isn't as bulletproof as she initially thought.)
Taako... (her mouth twists in confusion.) I don't– Lup, I don't understand how this happened, with him. All I wanted to take was a year and I know that I've gone a bit over, but I should have– it will be done by the second, I know it will. And then it will be back to normal, like nothing happened.
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(There's a lot more to it than that. She doesn't know how to mention just how much Wonderland has thrown her off course, how much she had sacrificed for– for nothing. Or: for a second chance. If she had died in there, everything would have been lost immediately. She's still deeply shaken by the realisation that she isn't as bulletproof as she initially thought.)
Taako... (her mouth twists in confusion.) I don't– Lup, I don't understand how this happened, with him. All I wanted to take was a year and I know that I've gone a bit over, but I should have– it will be done by the second, I know it will. And then it will be back to normal, like nothing happened.