[Lucy snapped, before Katherine even finished saying her name. She listened afterwards, but the sullen look didn't leave her face.
...maybe it was true. Maybe she shouldn't be like this. Lucy could see her sister again, talk to her again--there was no one to tell her she couldn't follow, to tell her Lucy had to leave. She should be happy. She should talk to her sister more.
But festered wounds didn't behave as they should, and it wasn't something easily bandaged over. It had been so long Katherine had blurred into the same antagonistic mass of people that abandoned her and threw her away, who took her out of houses she was just starting to call homes.
Lucy shrank back from the offered hand, but didn't recoil as violently or take a single step backwards. It was hard enough to will herself not to react; some little twitches snuck through anyway. Accepting apologies was difficult for her even under normal circumstances, let alone this. She hesitated, only briefly and awkwardly looking at Katherine.
She was trying not to react. She wasn't lashing out. Wasn't that good enough?
Lucy didn't take her sister's hand.]
...what do you want, then?
[Her voice was marginally quieter and slightly less hostile.]
Interfering chocobo
[Lucy snapped, before Katherine even finished saying her name. She listened afterwards, but the sullen look didn't leave her face.
...maybe it was true. Maybe she shouldn't be like this. Lucy could see her sister again, talk to her again--there was no one to tell her she couldn't follow, to tell her Lucy had to leave. She should be happy. She should talk to her sister more.
But festered wounds didn't behave as they should, and it wasn't something easily bandaged over. It had been so long Katherine had blurred into the same antagonistic mass of people that abandoned her and threw her away, who took her out of houses she was just starting to call homes.
Lucy shrank back from the offered hand, but didn't recoil as violently or take a single step backwards. It was hard enough to will herself not to react; some little twitches snuck through anyway. Accepting apologies was difficult for her even under normal circumstances, let alone this. She hesitated, only briefly and awkwardly looking at Katherine.
She was trying not to react. She wasn't lashing out. Wasn't that good enough?
Lucy didn't take her sister's hand.]
...what do you want, then?
[Her voice was marginally quieter and slightly less hostile.]