[Well, you could put a fragment of metal into a gun and kill someone. That's how guns work, jeeze. But she nods a little, to the question.]
Yeah. I dunno, thought it might be nice to have some fresh meat. Nobody turns their nose up at deer, right?
[And nobody asks questions. About why you left. How long you were out. She doesn't think she has answers to at least the first of those. Isn't sure she'll have answers ever again. Sometimes she just needs to be gone, to disappear. It's hard to feel like she's herself when she's surrounded by people and noise, like she's being pulled in too many fucking directions. She'd be all right if Joel were here, but without him she still can't swim.]
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Yeah. I dunno, thought it might be nice to have some fresh meat. Nobody turns their nose up at deer, right?
[And nobody asks questions. About why you left. How long you were out. She doesn't think she has answers to at least the first of those. Isn't sure she'll have answers ever again. Sometimes she just needs to be gone, to disappear. It's hard to feel like she's herself when she's surrounded by people and noise, like she's being pulled in too many fucking directions. She'd be all right if Joel were here, but without him she still can't swim.]