( Ellie jerks her head, closest thing to a nod and a yes that she can manage. The words might have comethat yes, Steph could touch her, but she can't remember hearing them or speaking them, but after her past attacks she knows that what she remembers and what happens aren't always all that closely connected.
She's sure she's speaking. Isn't she? Sure and speaking?
She's trying to say Robyn's name. Mouth it out and say it, the way she'd tried so hard to at the prison, just so Robyn would know that someone had realised what she was doing, and she's flinching at the crack of wood in the fire because of the thunderous split of stone, glass, metal in the heat.
Just-- give her warmth, and arms around her, and she can drag herself back together, and she can hate the fact that Steph has seen her like this later. )
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She's sure she's speaking. Isn't she? Sure and speaking?
She's trying to say Robyn's name. Mouth it out and say it, the way she'd tried so hard to at the prison, just so Robyn would know that someone had realised what she was doing, and she's flinching at the crack of wood in the fire because of the thunderous split of stone, glass, metal in the heat.
Just-- give her warmth, and arms around her, and she can drag herself back together, and she can hate the fact that Steph has seen her like this later. )