[ Iain runs a hand back through his hair, gaze on her a moment longer before it simply finds the table. ]
It helps, [ he says, although he seems unsure about the answer even as he offers it up. It helps for the moment is what he means. It helps place him, for a little while, but when it's gone, it's gone — all information that has to be input again. But he's grateful, for the timespan in which he can remember. Maybe he can't back up all the facts with personal memory, but he can pretend. For his sake, as well as for hers.
He wants to ask her what happened, ask her why it did, but for whatever reason, he thinks he's asked her those questions before. That's the logical sequence of events, isn't it? If he can't remember, now, maybe he couldn't earlier, too. He'd have asked, then. He would have asked. (He doesn't as much, now. Instead, he just tries to keep going. A rocky road as traveled on bare feet.) ]
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It helps, [ he says, although he seems unsure about the answer even as he offers it up. It helps for the moment is what he means. It helps place him, for a little while, but when it's gone, it's gone — all information that has to be input again. But he's grateful, for the timespan in which he can remember. Maybe he can't back up all the facts with personal memory, but he can pretend. For his sake, as well as for hers.
He wants to ask her what happened, ask her why it did, but for whatever reason, he thinks he's asked her those questions before. That's the logical sequence of events, isn't it? If he can't remember, now, maybe he couldn't earlier, too. He'd have asked, then. He would have asked. (He doesn't as much, now. Instead, he just tries to keep going. A rocky road as traveled on bare feet.) ]