[ Lune nods against his shoulder, murmuring softly, ] I know.
[ Both of those things. Her forearm closest to him settles to lay over his thigh as she curls her fingers around his knee, as if no anchor herself further into the spot against his side in this tide of sorrow and misery. To think Gustave might not have been here, either; a small shiver of dread snakes down her spine at the thought, her fingers tightening against his knee. ]
I'm sorry. If we'd made landfall anywhere else, then maybe—
[ She bites her lip so hard it hurts. The words don't come to her easy, but she can't stop thinking about it, either. If she hadn't insisted to Alan they land on that beach, maybe that man wouldn't have been there, maybe their expedition wouldn't now be in ashes, Maelle missing and their friends dead. ]
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[ Both of those things. Her forearm closest to him settles to lay over his thigh as she curls her fingers around his knee, as if no anchor herself further into the spot against his side in this tide of sorrow and misery. To think Gustave might not have been here, either; a small shiver of dread snakes down her spine at the thought, her fingers tightening against his knee. ]
I'm sorry. If we'd made landfall anywhere else, then maybe—
[ She bites her lip so hard it hurts. The words don't come to her easy, but she can't stop thinking about it, either. If she hadn't insisted to Alan they land on that beach, maybe that man wouldn't have been there, maybe their expedition wouldn't now be in ashes, Maelle missing and their friends dead. ]