[The sudden well of sadness--the fact it fills her even before Sylvie says said is something Rita doesn't understand. But it's hard to spend the time thinking and wondering where such emotions are coming from when the sadness--a loneliness, a really, and edged with regret and so many other things--only grows in response to Sylvie's words.
Everyone does disappear, sooner or later, but knowing it doesn't make it any less painful when it happens.]
No--it's okay. [Swallowing a lump in her throat, she shakes her head and meet's the other girl's look.] I'll wait. I'm not...disappearing anytime soon, if I have any say.
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Everyone does disappear, sooner or later, but knowing it doesn't make it any less painful when it happens.]
No--it's okay. [Swallowing a lump in her throat, she shakes her head and meet's the other girl's look.] I'll wait. I'm not...disappearing anytime soon, if I have any say.