[ How casually he speaks to her as if nothing ever passed between them. To him, it probably didn't mean a thing. Even now she can't blame him for that. She's conscious of her place in the world as a country mouse, just one person among countless others.
But she can and will blame him for the absence of something important to her, and her grim expression remains. Whether he "stole" Add or she "left behind" Add doesn't really matter to her. Her brain isn't well wired for splitting hairs; she thinks sometimes that people revel too much in playtime with words.
In any case, she only left behind one thing of note, so she takes that for a confirmation. ]
Where is it?
[ "It," she says, trying to leave fewer clues that Add might be more than he seems. She doesn't know if he's chosen to speak with Silco, but if he's trying to lie low, then she'll try to make it easier for him. (She doesn't allow for a future in which she never gets Add back; she simply can't imagine it.) ]
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But she can and will blame him for the absence of something important to her, and her grim expression remains. Whether he "stole" Add or she "left behind" Add doesn't really matter to her. Her brain isn't well wired for splitting hairs; she thinks sometimes that people revel too much in playtime with words.
In any case, she only left behind one thing of note, so she takes that for a confirmation. ]
Where is it?
[ "It," she says, trying to leave fewer clues that Add might be more than he seems. She doesn't know if he's chosen to speak with Silco, but if he's trying to lie low, then she'll try to make it easier for him. (She doesn't allow for a future in which she never gets Add back; she simply can't imagine it.) ]