[Her head turns to rest on her arms crossed over herself, and she looks at him. He won't be able to see it in the dark, but a small, fond smile cracks her expression. She can hear him trying to backpedal through it, but he doesn't need to. She knows he means to ask, and what the dream did, but she still can't—or won't—figure out why.]
His name's Cloud. We grew up together.
[There is a lonely weight to her voice when she says his name. He probably doesn't need to know the details of their relationship, nor is it as important here, but... was that something that had been on his mind the entire time they were in there together? She can hardly remember what had happened in between when she fell and when she woke up in that snowy field, so did something transpire that she isn't fully aware of?
She tries to mend it all together, but gives up on that fairly quick, not wanting to find that answer. She despises not having all of the pieces of her memory...]
I don't know why...
[It's not as if he's some kind of "replacement" for Cloud. Never, in a million years would anyone be that... but Eustace... she'd be lying if she said he didn't mean something to her. She can't deny that he's special to her in some way.]
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His name's Cloud. We grew up together.
[There is a lonely weight to her voice when she says his name. He probably doesn't need to know the details of their relationship, nor is it as important here, but... was that something that had been on his mind the entire time they were in there together? She can hardly remember what had happened in between when she fell and when she woke up in that snowy field, so did something transpire that she isn't fully aware of?
She tries to mend it all together, but gives up on that fairly quick, not wanting to find that answer. She despises not having all of the pieces of her memory...]
I don't know why...
[It's not as if he's some kind of "replacement" for Cloud. Never, in a million years would anyone be that... but Eustace... she'd be lying if she said he didn't mean something to her. She can't deny that he's special to her in some way.]
Probably just because you were nearby...?
[That's what she'll tell herself anyway.]