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[blissimmunity]

Continued from Operating Room Unveiling

Will you walk me home? is a request he can certainly handle. So he nods and replies, "Sure."

He's at a loss for conversation so he just walks quietly with her.

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[blondieburke]

Juliet walks quietly too, her head down a bit. She knows that she probably sounds crazy, and she won't blame him if he'd rather be as far away from her as he can.

When they finally reach her hut, she looks at him again and opens her mouth, looking for something to say, but nothing comes. She tries again.

"I'm sorry I keep dumping this...all of this, on you. I can't even imagine what I must sound like from your perspective."

[blissimmunity]

He shrugs. "It's hardly the strangest thing I've ever witnessed," he replies, sounding casual while trying to be encouraging.

"I just wish I could help somehow. I'm not sure what that would look like though. I mean... what do you want?" He's trying to tread delicately because not too long ago he's pretty certain she was crying.

[blondieburke]

Juliet looks a little helpless at that and she avoids his eyes, because what she wants and what's realistic are two different things.

"I want...to not feel like I'm losing my mind. I don't want to fall apart around you. I want someone to help me figure this out, but I don't know how anyone can."

[blissimmunity]

"Juliet," he says compassionately. "You'll probably fall apart several times when you try to figure this out. Like you said, something has happened to you that your mind has blocked out. If you want to get to the bottom of it, you'll first have to decide whether it's something you want to find out. If you're ready for that kind of emotion."