[she'd gotten oddly used to pain when in the other world, people she loved left her all behind. she'd cried on two occasions and refused to speak to anyone for a week after Hannibal, who she'd loved like a father, and Marlo, who was like a sister, vanished. mourning grey each time she lost]
Because...my mother is unwilling to. So are my great-great grandmother and my great-grandmother. Not without a price to be paid. So instead, I give because I want to. And it is worth it. It means something to me to not be so stingy and cruel.
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[she'd gotten oddly used to pain when in the other world, people she loved left her all behind. she'd cried on two occasions and refused to speak to anyone for a week after Hannibal, who she'd loved like a father, and Marlo, who was like a sister, vanished. mourning grey each time she lost]
Because...my mother is unwilling to. So are my great-great grandmother and my great-grandmother. Not without a price to be paid. So instead, I give because I want to. And it is worth it. It means something to me to not be so stingy and cruel.