Rachel shook her head, putting her hand over his and giving it a gentle squeeze. "You didn't," she said quietly. "I mean, you didn't." Because she wasn't going to pretend like today hadn't gotten very fucked up very quickly. She didn't know what she thought.
But she supposed if, out of nowhere, a sinkhole could swallow a house or planes could drop out of the sky, then this could happen too. If her brain could erase huge chunks of her past then maybe Cai's brain could give him extras. None of the rest of the world made sense either.
Zoe had wrapped both her hands around a cold mug of water, drinking it slowly. The cold on her hands and the water in her throat made her feel a little more human, whatever being human meant. A little more present. "If you want to go home, you can call your mum," she said, watching the water in her mug. "Or if you want to lie down, we could just... watch TV? I'm tired too."
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But she supposed if, out of nowhere, a sinkhole could swallow a house or planes could drop out of the sky, then this could happen too. If her brain could erase huge chunks of her past then maybe Cai's brain could give him extras. None of the rest of the world made sense either.
Zoe had wrapped both her hands around a cold mug of water, drinking it slowly. The cold on her hands and the water in her throat made her feel a little more human, whatever being human meant. A little more present. "If you want to go home, you can call your mum," she said, watching the water in her mug. "Or if you want to lie down, we could just... watch TV? I'm tired too."