"It buys you nothing, but you're safe from me as long as I'm safe from you. I'm your guest right now; I won't stain your hospitality."
Erin dips the tip of her finger in the whiskey and runs it around the rim of the glass, making it sing a bright and mournful tune.
"I'm willing to answer honestly. I'll tear the heart off my sleeve and leave it bleeding on the table. But you're going to answer me first: are you asking because you don't believe we'll accept you as your authentic self..."
Her expression doesn't change, but her voice colors with familiar pain, "...Or because you want what Crabb has and it's been so long that you no longer understand it?"
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Date: 2022-10-20 05:38 pm (UTC)Erin dips the tip of her finger in the whiskey and runs it around the rim of the glass, making it sing a bright and mournful tune.
"I'm willing to answer honestly. I'll tear the heart off my sleeve and leave it bleeding on the table. But you're going to answer me first: are you asking because you don't believe we'll accept you as your authentic self..."
Her expression doesn't change, but her voice colors with familiar pain, "...Or because you want what Crabb has and it's been so long that you no longer understand it?"