( An almost laugh, lost to a breath. Eternal contention, yeah. Some part of herself thinks that she's kind to herself and another contends that monsters shouldn't get kindness and another believes that Whale and Regina and Hook and Rumpelstiltskin and herself all deserved second chances.
She can settle for being kinder to others while she wrangles what she deserves for herself.
(She would say she looks forward to the conversations, too, but it doesn't seem to fit into the mood of what Adelaide's saying, the same way a flippant comment about her gift being part of her and thus proving Ruby's point doesn't seem fitting.))
No, if... if you'd like to tell me, I'd like to hear it. It's just me and a lot of cold air, here.
( That doesn't feel solid, somehow: ) I'm listening.
Anxiously clutches pearls tbh
She can settle for being kinder to others while she wrangles what she deserves for herself.
(She would say she looks forward to the conversations, too, but it doesn't seem to fit into the mood of what Adelaide's saying, the same way a flippant comment about her gift being part of her and thus proving Ruby's point doesn't seem fitting.))
No, if... if you'd like to tell me, I'd like to hear it. It's just me and a lot of cold air, here.
( That doesn't feel solid, somehow: ) I'm listening.