[ She can feel him relaxing by degrees, and is relieved as well. He doesn't push her away. He doesn't try to run from her. If he wanted to leave, she understands -- but the initial, fear, that bone-deep knowledge of what she is that haunts her every day, that has subsided. If she lets him go and he has to remove himself to process, she isn't afraid anymore that he might not come back. (Not much, at least. But there's no helping that.)
With a slow exhale, Ciri loosens her grip around him to a light embrace rather than a desperate, grounding clinging. ]
They are not mutually exclusive things.
[ She almost laughs. It isn't funny. ]
One can come to terms with something and still feel horrible about it. Happens all the time.
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With a slow exhale, Ciri loosens her grip around him to a light embrace rather than a desperate, grounding clinging. ]
They are not mutually exclusive things.
[ She almost laughs. It isn't funny. ]
One can come to terms with something and still feel horrible about it. Happens all the time.