[her mother is waiting for her in daxing - that thought, more than almost anything else, had kept her going all this time. no matter how tiring her experiences in the prism were, no matter how low she felt, or how difficult it was, she couldn't give up; how could she, when her mother was there, just out of her reach? she has to get back to her.
she'd worked toward that with a single-minded focus all this time, just as she'd lived her second life with that same focus.
...but she can't say it will be easy to go back to daxing, especially if they don't find some way of connecting their worlds. if the offer he made a month ago is just an offer, and not something that either of them can follow through on.
she looks up at him, returning his gaze, and resolves to make the best of the time they do have, just in case.]
...but, even if it's safe for my mother in Daxing after all, if she doesn't need the safe haven you offered her...
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[her mother is waiting for her in daxing - that thought, more than almost anything else, had kept her going all this time. no matter how tiring her experiences in the prism were, no matter how low she felt, or how difficult it was, she couldn't give up; how could she, when her mother was there, just out of her reach? she has to get back to her.
she'd worked toward that with a single-minded focus all this time, just as she'd lived her second life with that same focus.
...but she can't say it will be easy to go back to daxing, especially if they don't find some way of connecting their worlds. if the offer he made a month ago is just an offer, and not something that either of them can follow through on.
she looks up at him, returning his gaze, and resolves to make the best of the time they do have, just in case.]
...but, even if it's safe for my mother in Daxing after all, if she doesn't need the safe haven you offered her...
[...]
I still want to come and see you, myself.