You can't hear much when you're floating. Or submerged. It's like... for as long as you can hold your breath, nothing in the world can reach you.
[ like a very long hug. it's isolating in a comforting way, especially when you've just had to be a huge asshole and accuse someone of murder in a fit of desperation. ]
You should try it sometime. If this all gets to be too much. [ like it is today! ]
[...she doesn't have a swimsuit, but she'll take off her little hood and just jump in right with her clothes on. its gonna smell like chlorine forever. they do not have washing machines yet and also even when they do have them she's not going to wash her clothes until someone has to do the horrible task of gently explaining to a preteen that she's stinky.]
[ jumping in the pool in her only pair of clothes is a terrible idea but it's okay. rather it's not okay but he won't correct her. he's clearly done this before too. gerard can deal with telling her the harsh truths unless he has a weird frog smell as well. ]
Mm.
[ he submerges himself again, giving her a moment to adjust to the water as he just dolphins around. when he's back— ]
[imagine if i revealed her she doesn't know how to swim. she does! but she's just floating as well. also gerard does have a weird frog smell but that's what makes him the perfect person to help a girl going through monster puberty.]
Don't be sorry. If you were sad, that's okay. I just didn't want you to have to be alone.
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[that makes sense, probably.]
...You really like the water.
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You can't hear much when you're floating. Or submerged. It's like... for as long as you can hold your breath, nothing in the world can reach you.
[ like a very long hug. it's isolating in a comforting way, especially when you've just had to be a huge asshole and accuse someone of murder in a fit of desperation. ]
You should try it sometime. If this all gets to be too much. [ like it is today! ]
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Not bad so far.
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Mm.
[ he submerges himself again, giving her a moment to adjust to the water as he just dolphins around. when he's back— ]
Did I worry you? Sorry.
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Don't be sorry. If you were sad, that's okay. I just didn't want you to have to be alone.