[ She's a silhouette under a halogen light. She's an outline against a window. She is the ice-cool shimmer of fresh cut amphetamines on a clean white counter. ]
When did you want me to tell you?
Because, you know, when everything was happening, I hadn't worked it all out yet - and then, after that? You didn't make yourself easy to find.
[ She lets her eyes shut, screw tight. First line of defense and of detection, disarmed. ]
I'm sorry. That was a shitty thing to say.
You're right. I didn't have the balls. I didn't know what you'd do. I didn't...
[ Archipelago: Please.
Oubliette: Don't. ]
It didn't work out, anyway. Plan, contingency. None of it. So yes, Ruby. I should have told you.
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[ She's a silhouette under a halogen light. She's an outline against a window. She is the ice-cool shimmer of fresh cut amphetamines on a clean white counter. ]
When did you want me to tell you?
Because, you know, when everything was happening, I hadn't worked it all out yet - and then, after that? You didn't make yourself easy to find.
[ She lets her eyes shut, screw tight. First line of defense and of detection, disarmed. ]
I'm sorry. That was a shitty thing to say.
You're right. I didn't have the balls. I didn't know what you'd do. I didn't...
[ Archipelago: Please.
Oubliette: Don't. ]
It didn't work out, anyway. Plan, contingency. None of it. So yes, Ruby. I should have told you.