[Clarke's hand comes up to the side of her face, almost guarding it from him. The hand on her back helps. Human contact, even from Murphy, helps.
(Of course, Clarke has a much more positive regard for Murphy than the other way around. But then, she knows that she's the one who's caused most of the strife between them, caused the scenario where he had to be tied up and caught between her and Titus, caused the scenario where he had to be chained in place while she threatened Emori with the black blood serum. Caused a lot of the trouble.)
She exhales.]
I know. [Her hand falls from her face, shaky and trembling. She turns her gaze up toward him.] I know.
[Clarke looks him over, and then looks down at the radio. It's off, it's off, but she's wary. She knows how this went before. Gain control. That's what she tells others. Gain control of the dream.]
This isn't real, either, [she says, a way of forcing that to be true.
But she's not certain.
At the end of the day, when does Clarke's hatred for herself start and end?]
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(Of course, Clarke has a much more positive regard for Murphy than the other way around. But then, she knows that she's the one who's caused most of the strife between them, caused the scenario where he had to be tied up and caught between her and Titus, caused the scenario where he had to be chained in place while she threatened Emori with the black blood serum. Caused a lot of the trouble.)
She exhales.]
I know. [Her hand falls from her face, shaky and trembling. She turns her gaze up toward him.] I know.
[Clarke looks him over, and then looks down at the radio. It's off, it's off, but she's wary. She knows how this went before. Gain control. That's what she tells others. Gain control of the dream.]
This isn't real, either, [she says, a way of forcing that to be true.
But she's not certain.
At the end of the day, when does Clarke's hatred for herself start and end?]