[She thinks immediately of Leonard's cabin, and without moving much still seems to shrink. He wants her to practice. Use her powers, figure out how to use them, so he can use her--
Her chin has dropped, gaze vaguely between her coffee and her lap, but slowly she lifts her eyes to look at him from under her eye lashes. It's suspicious, slow and untrusting. What does he get out of helping her? What does he want?
A part of her thinks, who cares, and she knows that when she was thirteen, she'd have thought he was cute. When she was four, she didn't care about the damage her powers could do. A broken monocle flashes before her eyes, and she wishes there was a way to just turn off her guilt.
He's trying to help. But she still starts shaking her head.]
I don't - I--
[She stops abruptly, pressing her lips together. She's so sick of not being able to say what she wants. Why does she have to be afraid? Other people can just speak their mind. When she tries again, she only gets halfway there.]
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Her chin has dropped, gaze vaguely between her coffee and her lap, but slowly she lifts her eyes to look at him from under her eye lashes. It's suspicious, slow and untrusting. What does he get out of helping her? What does he want?
A part of her thinks, who cares, and she knows that when she was thirteen, she'd have thought he was cute. When she was four, she didn't care about the damage her powers could do. A broken monocle flashes before her eyes, and she wishes there was a way to just turn off her guilt.
He's trying to help. But she still starts shaking her head.]
I don't - I--
[She stops abruptly, pressing her lips together. She's so sick of not being able to say what she wants. Why does she have to be afraid? Other people can just speak their mind. When she tries again, she only gets halfway there.]
I don't want you to be afraid of me.