Yeah, maybe I should not. It's a lot easier to be patient when you know how long you have to wait. Pretty sure most people would say the exact opposite of that was true, though, so maybe it's just a matter of experience. I am very, very experienced.
Well. With some things more than others.
She dropped her hands, but let the one on his shoulder trail down his arm to squeeze his hand.
"Why you wanted to jump," she said, seamlessly swapping out the word drown since, given where they were standing, it was pretty loaded, "and the feeling of clarity can be mutually exclusive, though, right? You had an epiphany, you had a feeling of clarity, and at the time, you had a desire that motivated the two. So is it that they're too wrapped up together in your mind to be separate issues, now?"
I'm not leading him into an answer- I'm genuinely asking him. Leading him here was the bulk of the plan. Anything beyond really is him working through it. I don't know what happens here, tomorrow. I can't just put him at the end of this, where he needs to be.
Technically, I never could. I've always had to lead him by steps. But this is harder.
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Date: 2010-03-26 03:17 am (UTC)Well. With some things more than others.
She dropped her hands, but let the one on his shoulder trail down his arm to squeeze his hand.
"Why you wanted to jump," she said, seamlessly swapping out the word drown since, given where they were standing, it was pretty loaded, "and the feeling of clarity can be mutually exclusive, though, right? You had an epiphany, you had a feeling of clarity, and at the time, you had a desire that motivated the two. So is it that they're too wrapped up together in your mind to be separate issues, now?"
I'm not leading him into an answer- I'm genuinely asking him. Leading him here was the bulk of the plan. Anything beyond really is him working through it. I don't know what happens here, tomorrow. I can't just put him at the end of this, where he needs to be.
Technically, I never could. I've always had to lead him by steps. But this is harder.