It's a long journey, there is no doubt in that. Not just started, and not just about to end, but this is a good moment in it, for a varied definition of good. Maybe a true one more than a specifically good one. Raw, and honest, and real, in those best true ways.
Deanna pulled back, without letting go. Only pulling far enough back to be able to see Beverly's face. "It was what you needed. Being here was such a shock after what you'd come from, and then even more doubly so when you were thrust to those you knew but in an even more problematic fashion than you ever could have guessed."
It was a kind smile. Amused, not in itself, but specifically for Beverly's benefit. "I believe your plate was a little full then."
"But," she continued, with a gentle squeeze of her arms and a smile, slightly more amused for herself, and Beverly's teasing. "I promise to remember that now, should I need it, that your door is always open, and that I have been ordered to use it when that need is happening."
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It's a long journey, there is no doubt in that. Not just started, and not just about to end, but this is a good moment in it, for a varied definition of good. Maybe a true one more than a specifically good one. Raw, and honest, and real, in those best true ways.
Deanna pulled back, without letting go. Only pulling far enough back to be able to see Beverly's face. "It was what you needed. Being here was such a shock after what you'd come from, and then even more doubly so when you were thrust to those you knew but in an even more problematic fashion than you ever could have guessed."
It was a kind smile. Amused, not in itself, but specifically for Beverly's benefit. "I believe your plate was a little full then."
"But," she continued, with a gentle squeeze of her arms and a smile, slightly more amused for herself, and Beverly's teasing. "I promise to remember that now, should I need it, that your door is always open, and that I have been ordered to use it when that need is happening."