[ he offers a very small, quick eyeroll, but doesn't really focus much more on this other girl. he knows grief makes people do ugly things. he's done it. but still. alex is his friend and therefore people who are mean to her are the worst? ]
...It's okay. [ he pauses, thoughtful. ] I lived in a fishing town. [ probably not too different from her own, given what she's told him, if maybe a little bigger and also in japan. ] So it happened. From time to time.
[ a flash of a memory. a wake by the sea. a shipwreck just off the shore. ]
...It's a hard memory to have lived through. Sorry. Your brother sounded... [ well. incredible. ]
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...It's okay. [ he pauses, thoughtful. ] I lived in a fishing town. [ probably not too different from her own, given what she's told him, if maybe a little bigger and also in japan. ] So it happened. From time to time.
[ a flash of a memory. a wake by the sea. a shipwreck just off the shore. ]
...It's a hard memory to have lived through. Sorry. Your brother sounded... [ well. incredible. ]
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He was the best. He could do anything—and he always did what I wanted.
[ like taking her swimming. even that had been her idea. ]