[ there's no hesitation, even if she does still seem shaky. she just looks at byerly -- looks at him like she wishes she could show him a mirror and make him understand, like she wishes he would only step back and look at her. miserable truths she's dealt with for years, however poorly. it's the lies that tear her up -- that still do, all the hovering questions still left from those times he'd visited. ]
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[ there's no hesitation, even if she does still seem shaky. she just looks at byerly -- looks at him like she wishes she could show him a mirror and make him understand, like she wishes he would only step back and look at her. miserable truths she's dealt with for years, however poorly. it's the lies that tear her up -- that still do, all the hovering questions still left from those times he'd visited. ]