[she cuts herself off to stare at the flag, then at Peter. She's stared at her shoulder in a mirror so many times that she's memorized what it looks like, and that . . . looks distinctly like it]
Advice? Do you know what it means?
[and then Isaac's statement registers, and she looks over at him, almost apologetically] It never came up, and . . . it is not something that was easy to talk about. [it still isn't]
no subject
[she cuts herself off to stare at the flag, then at Peter. She's stared at her shoulder in a mirror so many times that she's memorized what it looks like, and that . . . looks distinctly like it]
Advice? Do you know what it means?
[and then Isaac's statement registers, and she looks over at him, almost apologetically] It never came up, and . . . it is not something that was easy to talk about. [it still isn't]