[ there is one horrible moment, after gideon manages to shove herself through the gap but before her arms reach back in, where laura considers the possibility that gideon won't come back for her. it's not like she knows the other woman really, she doesn't know anyone here. laura could die in here and who would know?
and then arms reach back in for her, and laura immediately shelves that fear in favour of grabbing hold of the other woman's hand. the other she needs to use to try her best to keep the opening wide enough, at least to get her head through. from there it's easier, with an anchor in gideon's arm and a lot of effort, to shove until she's sliding out too.
all in all it's a very clumsy exit. if she wasn't latched on quite so tight to gideon laura would probably end up face first on the floor, but instead she just sort of stumbles out of the pod. laura gasps like she'd been drowning--again--and when she's on her feet and upright. ]
Oh my God. Oh my fucking God. [ she's a little delirious, which is her excuse for throwing her arms around gideon and squeezing tight, along with a sound that's something like relief and not far off the hysterical laugh. ] We did it— wait, where are we?
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and then arms reach back in for her, and laura immediately shelves that fear in favour of grabbing hold of the other woman's hand. the other she needs to use to try her best to keep the opening wide enough, at least to get her head through. from there it's easier, with an anchor in gideon's arm and a lot of effort, to shove until she's sliding out too.
all in all it's a very clumsy exit. if she wasn't latched on quite so tight to gideon laura would probably end up face first on the floor, but instead she just sort of stumbles out of the pod. laura gasps like she'd been drowning--again--and when she's on her feet and upright. ]
Oh my God. Oh my fucking God. [ she's a little delirious, which is her excuse for throwing her arms around gideon and squeezing tight, along with a sound that's something like relief and not far off the hysterical laugh. ] We did it— wait, where are we?