[ difficult to say "i don't know how to have a conversation about this and not have it rip me up inside" and not sound like an idiot. "if we keep talking about opinions i'll say something bad and you'll leave and i'll have to go be alone in the library pretending books are a good enough substitute for a real conversation." equally heinous, very overdramatic. ness reaches to touch the notes, tracing a fingertip over and over one word while she thinks, weighs her answer to gwen's actual question. ]
I want to know this place's history so well, no one will know that I'm not from here.
[ it's the most honest she's yet been about her goal, and she glances over at gwenaΓ«lle, bracing for a negative response. ]
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[ difficult to say "i don't know how to have a conversation about this and not have it rip me up inside" and not sound like an idiot. "if we keep talking about opinions i'll say something bad and you'll leave and i'll have to go be alone in the library pretending books are a good enough substitute for a real conversation." equally heinous, very overdramatic. ness reaches to touch the notes, tracing a fingertip over and over one word while she thinks, weighs her answer to gwen's actual question. ]
I want to know this place's history so well, no one will know that I'm not from here.
[ it's the most honest she's yet been about her goal, and she glances over at gwenaΓ«lle, bracing for a negative response. ]