I've got to stick around and make sure he doesn't do it to anyone else. He stopped for me, but a random stranger? Probably a goner before we even realise they're in the house.
[ The task she's taken on is huge, there's no denying that, but she wouldn't let anyone else do it. Someone has to keep this stupid, dysfunctional family from tearing itself apart at any given opportunity.
...One of them literally trying to eat the others is clearly a little more difficult than spats over the dinner table, but she'll manage. Somehow. Probably. ]
Look, thanks for this. I'm sure you've got your own stuff going down. I just...haven't needed to fix myself up in quite a long time, you know? Kind of had that stuff covered.
[ And when he's back she smiles, and shuffles a little closer to the edge of the counter, and holds her arm out for him to do with as he will. Somewhere along the lines she's started to trust him, and without the ability to actually see his real face, she doesn't notice a difference. She just smiles and thanks him and looks so, so relieved that he's here to help her. ]
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[ The task she's taken on is huge, there's no denying that, but she wouldn't let anyone else do it. Someone has to keep this stupid, dysfunctional family from tearing itself apart at any given opportunity.
...One of them literally trying to eat the others is clearly a little more difficult than spats over the dinner table, but she'll manage. Somehow. Probably. ]
Look, thanks for this. I'm sure you've got your own stuff going down. I just...haven't needed to fix myself up in quite a long time, you know? Kind of had that stuff covered.
[ And when he's back she smiles, and shuffles a little closer to the edge of the counter, and holds her arm out for him to do with as he will. Somewhere along the lines she's started to trust him, and without the ability to actually see his real face, she doesn't notice a difference. She just smiles and thanks him and looks so, so relieved that he's here to help her. ]