I've a feeling the drink is doing something to helping her admit all this and I watch as she knocks back the rest of it in one swallow. It's hard not to ache from what she's saying if only because I get it. I do. Even when things aren't entirely awful here, they never feel quite right either, I never can seem to get over the notion that I"m not where I belong.
And I can only imagine how much worse it is for Jack who've worked so hard for so long toward one thing, and people like Jessica with a family.
My heart cracks a little and before I can think better of it, I reach out to lightly squeeze her arm, keeping my hand there for support as I duck down to meet her eyes. "I'd like to say it gets easier and, in some ways it kinda does. It gets easier to breathe little by little, at least even if you never quiet manage to stop missing home."
It's when she mentions Iron Bull that my mouth actually quirks into a quick grin. "Oh, you met Chief! He's new too, I think," I tell her, giving her arm another light squeeze. "I only met him myself a few weeks ago. I'd never seen anything quite like him before either, I'll admit. And there are werewolves here, too." I don't mention that the owner of the bar is one, of course. Derek likes to choose who knows and who doesn't though I've a feeling any regular patron of Semele's is pretty aware by now. "And vampires and ghosts. It's... I mean, it's a lot to take in all at once. I've been here a year now and it still doesn't feel all that real sometimes."
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Date: 2016-09-02 05:48 pm (UTC)And I can only imagine how much worse it is for Jack who've worked so hard for so long toward one thing, and people like Jessica with a family.
My heart cracks a little and before I can think better of it, I reach out to lightly squeeze her arm, keeping my hand there for support as I duck down to meet her eyes. "I'd like to say it gets easier and, in some ways it kinda does. It gets easier to breathe little by little, at least even if you never quiet manage to stop missing home."
It's when she mentions Iron Bull that my mouth actually quirks into a quick grin. "Oh, you met Chief! He's new too, I think," I tell her, giving her arm another light squeeze. "I only met him myself a few weeks ago. I'd never seen anything quite like him before either, I'll admit. And there are werewolves here, too." I don't mention that the owner of the bar is one, of course. Derek likes to choose who knows and who doesn't though I've a feeling any regular patron of Semele's is pretty aware by now. "And vampires and ghosts. It's... I mean, it's a lot to take in all at once. I've been here a year now and it still doesn't feel all that real sometimes."