[ She can see her mistake the second he looks up. She missed it entirely. What he'd meant under the words. The actual full understanding of that fact.
She's so used to jumping at shadows, at being so entirely off foot with him, of just not being willing to take an ounce of that faith Dean had well and truly jumped beyond. She doesn't know if she has that in her. Anywhere. Of any kind. Still. But what she knows right now?
Is that it's too heavy to carry that wall of spikes, too, right now. Not any part of it. Not even a brick. Not the mask of normal. Not while she's straining to carry everything else.
Her lips press, and it's quiet. ] Sorry.
[ Jo shakes her head, as though there's too much (or too little) in there. ] I'm--
Everything's all-- [ Jo shrugs, a little rudderless, because he knows that, too. ]
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She's so used to jumping at shadows, at being so entirely off foot with him, of just not being willing to take an ounce of that faith Dean had well and truly jumped beyond. She doesn't know if she has that in her. Anywhere. Of any kind. Still. But what she knows right now?
Is that it's too heavy to carry that wall of spikes, too, right now.
Not any part of it. Not even a brick. Not the mask of normal.
Not while she's straining to carry everything else.
Her lips press, and it's quiet. ] Sorry.
[ Jo shakes her head, as though there's too much (or too little) in there. ] I'm--
Everything's all-- [ Jo shrugs, a little rudderless, because he knows that, too. ]