[ She starts to say something and then realizes - it's not about trying to make things go back to the way they were, because there's never been a way that things were. There's just a way that things always have been, and she can't expect that a simple word from her is going to suddenly be enough.
She shifts, and in that movement the contact between them, the faint touch of fingers, is broken. The glass sitting in front of her is starting to sweat in the heat, condensation forming on the surface. She watches one droplet grow heavy and then fall, slowly. ]
Look, all I know is that Mom - she can't stop talking about how glad she is that you're back.
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[ She starts to say something and then realizes - it's not about trying to make things go back to the way they were, because there's never been a way that things were. There's just a way that things always have been, and she can't expect that a simple word from her is going to suddenly be enough.
She shifts, and in that movement the contact between them, the faint touch of fingers, is broken. The glass sitting in front of her is starting to sweat in the heat, condensation forming on the surface. She watches one droplet grow heavy and then fall, slowly. ]
Look, all I know is that Mom - she can't stop talking about how glad she is that you're back.