[wanda does get a flash of gnashing, terrifying teeth and huge claws digging into flesh. wanda feels the ghost feeling of what pain that would cause, and it frightens herβ frightens her to think how close many of her loved ones could be to death at any given time.
green eyes, welled in tears, look up at hilda's words, and she nods.]
Yeah.
[they can do with something sweet. as her hand tightens on hilda's, so does a tight smile lift into her expression. they'll get their dessert and be comforted in the fact that they are here, together, at the moment. to wanda, it's not that they're unwilling to speak to one another truthfullyβit's just that some things are too close to one's heart to put into words that won't shred it into bloody bits.
perhaps they will manage, too, a genuine smile, amidst their dessert and baby lizards.]
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green eyes, welled in tears, look up at hilda's words, and she nods.]
Yeah.
[they can do with something sweet. as her hand tightens on hilda's, so does a tight smile lift into her expression. they'll get their dessert and be comforted in the fact that they are here, together, at the moment. to wanda, it's not that they're unwilling to speak to one another truthfullyβit's just that some things are too close to one's heart to put into words that won't shred it into bloody bits.
perhaps they will manage, too, a genuine smile, amidst their dessert and baby lizards.]