[ she doesn't want pity, so the tone is more welcome. ]
[ there's a stretch of silence that suggests andy isn't going to expound, but it's the fact that natasha doesn't pry that makes andy feel like she can speak of it. if she changed the subject, natasha would go with the flow, and that makes it easy to be in the other woman's company. ]
The four of us were trying to save victims of the witch trials, in England. But she and I were caught, tried ourselves, and executed multiple times. Obviously none of it stuck. They put her in an iron coffin and threw her into the ocean. [ short, flat sentences that describe it with precise technicality but certainly leave out most of the emotional components. ]
She's still there. I've seen so many cultures die off, including my fucking own. This time I had to put her first. Myself too. Though I'm not sure how well that part worked out for me.
no subject
[ there's a stretch of silence that suggests andy isn't going to expound, but it's the fact that natasha doesn't pry that makes andy feel like she can speak of it. if she changed the subject, natasha would go with the flow, and that makes it easy to be in the other woman's company. ]
The four of us were trying to save victims of the witch trials, in England. But she and I were caught, tried ourselves, and executed multiple times. Obviously none of it stuck. They put her in an iron coffin and threw her into the ocean. [ short, flat sentences that describe it with precise technicality but certainly leave out most of the emotional components. ]
She's still there. I've seen so many cultures die off, including my fucking own. This time I had to put her first. Myself too. Though I'm not sure how well that part worked out for me.