[A smile is better than no smile at all. It's okay that it's sad. People need to feel the sadness. When something like this happens, it needs to be felt, and anything else would be a betrayal to the people that were lost.]
Sure you do. You're a big dude.
[Lena moves over to him and sets the tray in front of him. It's a grilled cheese sandwich with a bag of chips beside it and his favorite soda.
She sits on the arm rest of the chair and places her own arm around his shoulder, giving him a brief one-armed hug, setting her chin on top of his head.]
I'm okay. I'm sad, but I'd rather be sad. [People die all the time. That's only truer in a place like Chicago, with the lives they lead. People lose their minds. Violence like that becomes so routine one is almost desensitized, so when it hurts--she would rather that it hurt.]
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Sure you do. You're a big dude.
[Lena moves over to him and sets the tray in front of him. It's a grilled cheese sandwich with a bag of chips beside it and his favorite soda.
She sits on the arm rest of the chair and places her own arm around his shoulder, giving him a brief one-armed hug, setting her chin on top of his head.]
I'm okay. I'm sad, but I'd rather be sad. [People die all the time. That's only truer in a place like Chicago, with the lives they lead. People lose their minds. Violence like that becomes so routine one is almost desensitized, so when it hurts--she would rather that it hurt.]
Are you?