[ She's prepared to brush aside his apology as soon as he offers it. There's no point apologizing for something that happened in the past, no point when it won't change anything, but—
He elaborates, and it gives her a moment of pause.
She wonders if she could have waited the nightmare out if he hadn't goaded her into fighting. Maybe she could have stayed among the dying flowers until the dream passed, and she could have avoided— all of that. Because this was so much worse than her usual preoccupying terrors, because this had been so real. She'd been experiencing it all over again, and even though she's no longer that weak, defenseless little girl, she still hadn't— she couldn't—
She shrugs before going back to turning on the sink to start some warm water. ]
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He elaborates, and it gives her a moment of pause.
She wonders if she could have waited the nightmare out if he hadn't goaded her into fighting. Maybe she could have stayed among the dying flowers until the dream passed, and she could have avoided— all of that. Because this was so much worse than her usual preoccupying terrors, because this had been so real. She'd been experiencing it all over again, and even though she's no longer that weak, defenseless little girl, she still hadn't— she couldn't—
She shrugs before going back to turning on the sink to start some warm water. ]
I'm sure you thought it was something else.