A useful suggestion, [ she agrees, though the tone is wrong, and she knows it as soon as she says it. the realization is enough to make her loose a deep breath, rolling her neck and squaring her shoulders. this is overdramatic, and childish besides—if she's going to be so obviously upset, she shouldn't force gwenaΓ«lle to ask her about it. ]
Truthfully, [ said slowly, carefully, ] I don't find it easy to do much that requires looking in a mirror, anymore. I don't look like myself.
[ it's difficult to explain, the vertigo that comes over one when one looks in the mirror and is faced with a stranger. ness hasn't found the words for it yet, and so hasn't tried; she's just muddled through, as best she can.
her best isn't very good, when it comes to this. ]
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A useful suggestion, [ she agrees, though the tone is wrong, and she knows it as soon as she says it. the realization is enough to make her loose a deep breath, rolling her neck and squaring her shoulders. this is overdramatic, and childish besides—if she's going to be so obviously upset, she shouldn't force gwenaΓ«lle to ask her about it. ]
Truthfully, [ said slowly, carefully, ] I don't find it easy to do much that requires looking in a mirror, anymore. I don't look like myself.
[ it's difficult to explain, the vertigo that comes over one when one looks in the mirror and is faced with a stranger. ness hasn't found the words for it yet, and so hasn't tried; she's just muddled through, as best she can.
her best isn't very good, when it comes to this. ]