[ Catherine isn't trying to critique him-- Simon's help has been invaluable in the past-- but picturing him assisting in a large-scale civil war is taking some perspective shifting. ]
Well, no, but it's over with and we're not going back there, right? I don't need to know very much. [ Ruthlessly practical, that's her. Finally fed up with her hair getting in the way, she reaches up to start braiding it over her shoulder, a bit clumsily, given how many years it's been since she's had hair this long. The synthetic strands are slippery, too, so it's not going to stay without a tie, she realizes, but she tries anyway as she talks. ]
It's still hard for me to imagine you've been here so long. [ Not because disparities in timeline from perceived awareness confuse her, obviously, but... ] I guess... I got used to the idea that it was just the two of us out there.
[ This is a surprisingly sentimental admission for Catherine, although she makes it with a matter-of-fact reserve. A lot has happened that this Simon wasn't there for, and it's changed her, subtly. ]
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Well, no, but it's over with and we're not going back there, right? I don't need to know very much. [ Ruthlessly practical, that's her. Finally fed up with her hair getting in the way, she reaches up to start braiding it over her shoulder, a bit clumsily, given how many years it's been since she's had hair this long. The synthetic strands are slippery, too, so it's not going to stay without a tie, she realizes, but she tries anyway as she talks. ]
It's still hard for me to imagine you've been here so long. [ Not because disparities in timeline from perceived awareness confuse her, obviously, but... ] I guess... I got used to the idea that it was just the two of us out there.
[ This is a surprisingly sentimental admission for Catherine, although she makes it with a matter-of-fact reserve. A lot has happened that this Simon wasn't there for, and it's changed her, subtly. ]