[- and drops, hanging limply at their side, uselessly.
A step back.
Another.
They're shaking their head, numbly. They don't want to play this Game anymore, and big kids don't cry, big kids don't doubt the people who say they care. We care about you, sweetie, don't you understand? That's why we're doing this. How can you trust anyone else to handle you, and all of your silly little tantrums? You don't get to leave. You don't get to pretend nothing else is happening. You don't get to shut your eyes and say it's not there. Anywhere but here. Anywhere but here.
Anywhere But Here.
It only occurs to them after the fact that they're
Still laughing. High and keening and laden with disbelief, their steps wary and stumbling as they retreat, retreat, retreat. Get away from this, from all of this. There's no right answer. They're being - they're being -
They know how it works by now. You think you're the first to pull this same stunt on them? You think they'd fall for it?
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A step back.
Another.
They're shaking their head, numbly. They don't want to play this Game anymore, and big kids don't cry, big kids don't doubt the people who say they care. We care about you, sweetie, don't you understand? That's why we're doing this. How can you trust anyone else to handle you, and all of your silly little tantrums? You don't get to leave. You don't get to pretend nothing else is happening. You don't get to shut your eyes and say it's not there. Anywhere but here. Anywhere but here.
Anywhere But Here.
It only occurs to them after the fact that they're
Still laughing. High and keening and laden with disbelief, their steps wary and stumbling as they retreat, retreat, retreat. Get away from this, from all of this. There's no right answer. They're being - they're being -
They know how it works by now. You think you're the first to pull this same stunt on them? You think they'd fall for it?
Very funny.]
You're really kind of a freak, huh?