"But... I don't think I had a choice in waking up on this side," she added, batting around the hazy memories she had deliberately forgotten, of a cat and... someone Else, "So if I do stay on it, I want it to be because I choose to. And the same if I decide to take the other path instead! So - so I'll be careful." She had been thinking about finding out more, and if the decision was made for simply accepting it, but... but this idea sounded better.
"I'll need to be careful who I ask on your side too, won't I, miss Elpis?" She didn't know much right now but if there were people willing to be cruel on her own... surely there were people willing to be the same on the other? Or at least unwilling to listen. "How do I know who's safe to talk to?"
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