"It does. Because it is shockingly easy to bury the important things under mountains of other stuff- excuses, circumstances, guilt. You know better than anyone that every angle counts. What you thought and how you felt when you were staring something in the face is at least as important as when you're looking back at it. And sometimes... distance isn't as helpful as you'd think."
She pressed her lips together for a moment, gaze hovering somewhere past his arm. It looked like she was debating something.
"And I don't believe the only thing keeping you alive is fear."
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"It does. Because it is shockingly easy to bury the important things under mountains of other stuff- excuses, circumstances, guilt. You know better than anyone that every angle counts. What you thought and how you felt when you were staring something in the face is at least as important as when you're looking back at it. And sometimes... distance isn't as helpful as you'd think."
She pressed her lips together for a moment, gaze hovering somewhere past his arm. It looked like she was debating something.
"And I don't believe the only thing keeping you alive is fear."