[ They'll find them. They have to find them. If only because losing people in this place, and not knowing whether they're missing or if they've been sent home for a spell, is going to wreck all of them. After everything that's happened, they're too interwoven for these losses, whether they're right in front of their eyes or the mansion sweeps them away.
But he's been experiencing loss for almost a decade now. Maybe it's not easier to keep it together, but he at least knows the motions to go through, how to keep a straight face if only for the people that remain. So he'll try to now, to make it easier for Scott and Allison, to keep them together and not falling apart.
Even if that's easier said than done, right now. ]
I was up when the decorations came through the hall. Nothing else seemed off, though. [ There's an obvious at the time that goes unsaid, but it's obvious. He eyeballs the cracks in the floor for a moment before he answers, but then his voice is a little softer when he does. ]
Yeah. Be careful, Allison. [ They can't lose anyone else. ]
[ where derek's a veteran in loss, allison's still finding her footing. still grasping at straws that maybe, maybe soon, it'll get better. has to get better. everything's been going downhill at a very fast rate, and she's just recently been able to figure out which way is up and which is down.
and then there's wonderland, where that could all change in an instant.
but here they can look, because here things can be disguised as something else, something different. it can look one way and mean another and maybe that means they're here somewhere. ]
Maybe it's something else. Something that hasn't happened yet. [ because it needs to be said, because it needs to be out there, needs to be said. when he tells her to be careful, she pauses. lets it sink in a little just how far it is they've come before she nods. ] You too, Derek.
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But he's been experiencing loss for almost a decade now. Maybe it's not easier to keep it together, but he at least knows the motions to go through, how to keep a straight face if only for the people that remain. So he'll try to now, to make it easier for Scott and Allison, to keep them together and not falling apart.
Even if that's easier said than done, right now. ]
I was up when the decorations came through the hall. Nothing else seemed off, though. [ There's an obvious at the time that goes unsaid, but it's obvious. He eyeballs the cracks in the floor for a moment before he answers, but then his voice is a little softer when he does. ]
Yeah. Be careful, Allison. [ They can't lose anyone else. ]
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and then there's wonderland, where that could all change in an instant.
but here they can look, because here things can be disguised as something else, something different. it can look one way and mean another and maybe that means they're here somewhere. ]
Maybe it's something else. Something that hasn't happened yet. [ because it needs to be said, because it needs to be out there, needs to be said. when he tells her to be careful, she pauses. lets it sink in a little just how far it is they've come before she nods. ] You too, Derek.