She drags in a breath of cool salt-smelling air, lets it all out in relief.
"That's it," she says. "That's what I'm afraid of. Losing that perspective. Forgetting what -- what the whole shape of the situation is, or forgetting that it matters."
Pause. "Or just ... deciding that it doesn't matter, so long as I'm safe."
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Date: 2023-01-18 04:11 am (UTC)"That's it," she says. "That's what I'm afraid of. Losing that perspective. Forgetting what -- what the whole shape of the situation is, or forgetting that it matters."
Pause. "Or just ... deciding that it doesn't matter, so long as I'm safe."