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[valle]

Laura Howlett

@shane (Joey Starrett)

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[valle]

( Laura considers this offer for a while. There is no real hurry, no sense of urgency in her, and there's a cathartic kind of calm spreading through her now on the other side of crying. A sad but steady relief, a bittersweet kind of peace. She's content to sit like this, tangled with Eleven, for an indefinite amount of time — until the other girl finally decides to pull away, whenever that ends up being. A minute from now, an hour from now, later, it doesn't matter very much. She will stay. )

Thank you. But that's okay. I already know where he's going.

( He is going home to die. He was from before. The dying is his after. She doesn't need to be told how his story ends; she saw it herself. )

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[ It's surprisingly comfortable. Soothing, even though Eleven isn't the one who needs soothing. But she can appreciate the contact all the same, the ability to enjoy some closeness. He hurts, sometimes, this feeling under her skin when she would like exactly this, but also can almost not stand having it. Like the first time she had food outside the lab, and nearly got sick from the fries she stuffed into her face, and the burger Benny gave her. Too much too fast can be... not great. But this? This is good, and she will hold on, if Laura wants to keep holding on. ]

Okay.

[ It's second nature to her - the want to see, to look. She was tempted to try with Charles, but she barely knew him. If Laura or Erik or Clint... she won't think of that.

After a moment: ]

I looked at my home. A while ago.