Olivia seems to sense that is what he fears - and can she even blame him for it? - so she stays in place, waiting for him to approach her instead of the other way around. They've almost come full circle, haven't they? The first time they met, she was hiding behind a dumpster like a wounded animal, blood dripping from her mouth. Her very first transformation - her very first kill, too - as a behemoth. He approached her tentatively, the way he is now, except back then his fear would be she'd dart away in fear.
She isn't going anywhere this time. She glances down at their hands as he reaches for her, her smile finally growing tearful.
"Hiya, Sonny." It's said so simply, when it is anything but. She is trying to be strong for him. If he crumbles, she surely will.
"You look old."
Older and more tired than she remembers, and it aches her chest, though that's not how she says it. No, she calls him old like she's being a little shit, because she is. It's who she's always been. See? one would think she is trying to say. Still me.
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Olivia seems to sense that is what he fears - and can she even blame him for it? - so she stays in place, waiting for him to approach her instead of the other way around. They've almost come full circle, haven't they? The first time they met, she was hiding behind a dumpster like a wounded animal, blood dripping from her mouth. Her very first transformation - her very first kill, too - as a behemoth. He approached her tentatively, the way he is now, except back then his fear would be she'd dart away in fear.
She isn't going anywhere this time. She glances down at their hands as he reaches for her, her smile finally growing tearful.
"Hiya, Sonny." It's said so simply, when it is anything but. She is trying to be strong for him. If he crumbles, she surely will.
"You look old."
Older and more tired than she remembers, and it aches her chest, though that's not how she says it. No, she calls him old like she's being a little shit, because she is. It's who she's always been. See? one would think she is trying to say. Still me.