... You should probably eat something, anyway. Gotta keep up your strength, after all. [...] Want a river bean? Might be easier to keep down than that.
No, no, don't say that. [She shakes her head in earnest, reaching to take his hand.] It's good that he had someone he could trust. I never knew about anything until last night, but I'm very glad. Very glad that he found a friend in you.
... I'm pretty upset right now, but I'll be okay. [a sincere answer on both ends.] All we can do is keep moving forward, keeping them in our memories and making them proud.
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[A beat.]
Funny, and I spent the whole week absolutely starving.
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[Are they infinitely spawning?
But she flops a hand through the air.]
Sure. It'll sit easier on my stomach than this, probably.
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[the secret is that charles himself has been eating, like, none of them.
but he will drop a bean into her hand.]
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[She'll nibble at hers. Truly there has never been a time where she wanted to eat less.]
...He mentioned you by name.
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I worry that he didn't think he had any.
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He didn't deny it when I called us friends, so I'll take that as a victory.
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That's a pretty big deal, if you ask me.
[and, with a squeeze of his hand:]
Are you all right?
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