video: convalescence

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[The haunted look will never really leave Anna's eyes, but today she seems just a bit brighter with the sun on her face. She is out on the green for the afternoon, but she is assuredly still a patient when one takes note of the nurse keeping an eye on things. Nothing much to worry about at the moment, Anna is sitting quietly, poking at the device.

From her bed, Anna has been learning about things, watching the network flare and chatter day to day. It's curious, and today she has something to offer. Her voice is somewhat small and hoarse, but clear when she says,]

Hello, City. I hope you are enjoying the sun.

[Her smile is thin, exhausted, and always tinged with sadness.]




[[ooc; Pretty much the same as part one of this adventure. She is weak and not very talkative, although she will try. Action is also perfectly fine, if people want to visit her (she likes flowers!)]]

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I'm sorry.

[She hopes, at least, that it is someone he cares for, but any memories evoked by a gaunt woman with a scarred soul cannot be rejoiced over.]

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[...well.]

Yeah...

[He shakes it off the best he can, and smiles.]

At least you're here. It's a little better, at least, isn't it?

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It...

[She isn't sure, entirely. There is the immediate understanding that she is fed here, that she is afforded her name and her dignity, that she is not brutalized day in and day out. But she doesn't know this place. She doesn't know what this place is or if her body is truly still resting in that cell and her mind has merely slipped away.

And Lucie is not here.]

A little, yes.

[She doesn't mean to sound ungrateful and her eyes lower uncertainly.]

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[Oh, it's not like he doesn't know that it's more complicated than that. So he gives what he hopes is an understanding look, as he shrugs.]

You need to take what you can.

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[At this moment, it is truly difficult for Anna to conceive of anyone really understanding. For so long, this has been Lucie's private hell, and Anna had followed her into it. It was something for the two of them, and it is so painful to have her love built around torment.

She nods, a little numb and dazed, but appreciative of the encouragement and the quiet manner in which it comes, if nothing else.]

Yes. Thank you.

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[Well, he may not know the situation, but he doesn't think he needs to know anything else than that it's been tough.]

Mm. Would you... like something? I could... stop by, if you would like some company.

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I am...

[All right is definitely not the word. She pauses for another long moment, wondering where to go with that. She decides to just let it be, saying instead.]

Visitors are welcome.

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[Well.]

Then I'll stop by.