[It's not as frequent as they were a year ago, but the questions certainly fly through his head at the worst of times. What if they didn't go to Billy's apartment to hide from Kl'rt? What if he ushered his mom out and told her to let him handle it? What if he, oh, he doesn't know, actually moved and helped her instead of standing there, paralyzed by shock and horror?
The "what if"s just bombard the mind when a death happens far too close to you.
But he doesn't want the conversation to dive into grief. He wants to focus on the happy memories. So he shuts his eyes and does his best to purge the questions and images from his mind. Talking would be easier, too...]
So... now we've got another pillow fort memory to add on to those.
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[It's not as frequent as they were a year ago, but the questions certainly fly through his head at the worst of times. What if they didn't go to Billy's apartment to hide from Kl'rt? What if he ushered his mom out and told her to let him handle it? What if he, oh, he doesn't know, actually moved and helped her instead of standing there, paralyzed by shock and horror?
The "what if"s just bombard the mind when a death happens far too close to you.
But he doesn't want the conversation to dive into grief. He wants to focus on the happy memories. So he shuts his eyes and does his best to purge the questions and images from his mind. Talking would be easier, too...]
So... now we've got another pillow fort memory to add on to those.
[... Much better.]