[ she watches him fall in the water, and despite it all there's a part of her that wants to reach in and pull him back out. she feels too frozen to do so, too hurt by his strange behavior, and too afraid to dive into why it hurts as much as it does. it shouldn't, by all means, not unless there was some validity to it. ]
[ annabeth refuses it. ]
[ but she can't be here anymore. she needs to pull herself together, and she knows a fall in the water isn't going to hurt him. it shouldn't. ]
[ she watches him, briefly, then slams her eyes shut to stop herself from crying, before she disappears from the dock, from this town, from cassian - dusting away from him in her own way. running away, perhaps another action that's far more familiar to her than it should be. ]
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[ annabeth refuses it. ]
[ but she can't be here anymore. she needs to pull herself together, and she knows a fall in the water isn't going to hurt him. it shouldn't. ]
[ she watches him, briefly, then slams her eyes shut to stop herself from crying, before she disappears from the dock, from this town, from cassian - dusting away from him in her own way. running away, perhaps another action that's far more familiar to her than it should be. ]