[ she takes her time coming back. cass isn't about to let this mess things up, if she can help it, but... giving steph at least a little bit of breathing room for the moment seems like the approach.
after about ten minutes, cass is back in the gardens, two bottles of water in hand. she offers one to steph with an apologetic smile. ]
[Steph pops the lid off quickly and chugs like half of it. She looks to Cass, about to say something, then decides against it. And then decides to say something else.]
I keep wanting to say sorry and I'm sorry for that too, and... I don't know. But saying sorry a million times also doesn't seem useful so. Yeah. Water's good, though.
No. I--I should be the one apologizing. If anything. But-- [ cass shakes her head. ] I know it's... complicated. And a lot. Really, I just...
[ she's quiet for a moment. despite her insight into what's going on with steph here, she really is beyond scared. ]
I just needed you to know. The rest of it-- [ she waves a hand. as much time as steph needs. really though, with the way she's looking... ]
Do you... want me to take you home? [ then again, maybe hanging around cass right now isn't something steph really wants to deal with. she doesn't know. ] Or I can... call you a car, or--something.
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after about ten minutes, cass is back in the gardens, two bottles of water in hand. she offers one to steph with an apologetic smile. ]
Here.
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[Steph pops the lid off quickly and chugs like half of it. She looks to Cass, about to say something, then decides against it. And then decides to say something else.]
I keep wanting to say sorry and I'm sorry for that too, and... I don't know. But saying sorry a million times also doesn't seem useful so. Yeah. Water's good, though.
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[ she's quiet for a moment. despite her insight into what's going on with steph here, she really is beyond scared. ]
I just needed you to know. The rest of it-- [ she waves a hand. as much time as steph needs. really though, with the way she's looking... ]
Do you... want me to take you home? [ then again, maybe hanging around cass right now isn't something steph really wants to deal with. she doesn't know. ] Or I can... call you a car, or--something.