Maelle doesn't like to be away from Gustave longer than she must. It feels wrong to avoid him because of Verso, and so Maelle gives a little shake of her head.
"I wish I could," she says with a joyless laugh. It's so hard to just cry when given the space, to feel it all, because every time she has it's felt like death. She hates it.
"I just... I just wish things weren't so complicated."
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"I don't want to upset him."
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“Then let’s get it out,” she says. “You have all the feelings you need, mon biquet. It’s safe.”
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"I just... I just wish things weren't so complicated."
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She exhales into Maelle’s scalp.
“What will we do, hmm? We’re in for some rough times.”