There's an immediate sadness over his expression at the term she uses. But he blinks it away, sighing as he weakly turns his hand palm up to meet hers, just slightly.]
There's a book from the United Kingdom I think of as I wander sometimes... have you ever read of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland?
[She squeezes his hand--but gently, of course, afraid of hurting him any more than he's clearly already in pain.]
I'd caught myself having fantasies afterward, if only I could find myself in a different world, one full of so much magic and whimsy...but in reality, it's so much scarier. Though I suppose Alice herself didn't exactly have an easy time.
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There's an immediate sadness over his expression at the term she uses. But he blinks it away, sighing as he weakly turns his hand palm up to meet hers, just slightly.]
There's a book from the United Kingdom I think of as I wander sometimes... have you ever read of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland?
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[She squeezes his hand--but gently, of course, afraid of hurting him any more than he's clearly already in pain.]
I'd caught myself having fantasies afterward, if only I could find myself in a different world, one full of so much magic and whimsy...but in reality, it's so much scarier. Though I suppose Alice herself didn't exactly have an easy time.
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I'd think that's understandable. People have always felt scared when they're faced with things they don't understand. Even something like magic.