Do you really think I'm empty-headed enough to do all this because of some palm fireworks? [...] Please don't answer that.
Anyway, he told me- [And she stops, her face contorting in annoyance like she'd just lost her train of thought.] He told me...about the... [Every time she tries to explain the words evaporate before they can leave her mouth. She knows what he explained, all the thing he showed her both terrible and wonderful. It was...it...was...
The more she tries to find the words, to fill in the gaps that she knows were there just minutes ago, the more the dull and throbbing pain of a growing headache spreads from the back of her neck all the way around to behind her eyes. She drops her head into her hands, pressing the heels of her hands against her eyes.]
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Anyway, he told me- [And she stops, her face contorting in annoyance like she'd just lost her train of thought.] He told me...about the... [Every time she tries to explain the words evaporate before they can leave her mouth. She knows what he explained, all the thing he showed her both terrible and wonderful. It was...it...was...
The more she tries to find the words, to fill in the gaps that she knows were there just minutes ago, the more the dull and throbbing pain of a growing headache spreads from the back of her neck all the way around to behind her eyes. She drops her head into her hands, pressing the heels of her hands against her eyes.]