[It's not really a fair thing to say, and when she looks back at him there's an apology for that in her eyes. There's still a part of her that could just kick him for saying that instead of just doing it, because if he'd kissed her all she'd have to do is not stop him. But when he phrases it like that it makes her responsible, refocuses the grays into stark black and white.]
I just - with everything that mask did to you [and she spits the word like a curse, like it's bitter in her mouth] I can't tell where you stop and it starts. And I don't want it if it's not real. If I take that from you when you're like this, then I'm no better than -
[Stanley, she's thinking, but she lets it trail off because she really doesn't want to have to explain who he was, least of all now. Almost funny, that even with all of his age and experience she's worried about taking advantage of him. She'd laugh, if it didn't hurt so much.]
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[It's not really a fair thing to say, and when she looks back at him there's an apology for that in her eyes. There's still a part of her that could just kick him for saying that instead of just doing it, because if he'd kissed her all she'd have to do is not stop him. But when he phrases it like that it makes her responsible, refocuses the grays into stark black and white.]
I just - with everything that mask did to you [and she spits the word like a curse, like it's bitter in her mouth] I can't tell where you stop and it starts. And I don't want it if it's not real. If I take that from you when you're like this, then I'm no better than -
[Stanley, she's thinking, but she lets it trail off because she really doesn't want to have to explain who he was, least of all now. Almost funny, that even with all of his age and experience she's worried about taking advantage of him. She'd laugh, if it didn't hurt so much.]