[ it's in that acknowledged mutual recognition that she realizes that perhaps this wasn't, that it's probably definitely strange for anyone to choose to acknowledge someone after recalling a memory like that, especially when it's been difficult enough to try to sort through what counts as real.
because it had happened — otherwise she wouldn't be able to recall the feel of his hands and the taste of his mouth so vividly, even if only from a single night. ]
Um ... yes. I do remember.
[ that much is clear, it seems.
she presses her lips together, prolonging a pause as if to think of something further to say since he seems to be at just as much of a loss, before she tries to make a better attempt at finding the words. ] I can't speak for both of us, but ... I was a different person. Not — not entirely, I guess, but things were much different and ... well, what I mean to say is, whatever choices we might have made then, I don't expect them to hold the same weight here. At least, I hope they don't.
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because it had happened — otherwise she wouldn't be able to recall the feel of his hands and the taste of his mouth so vividly, even if only from a single night. ]
Um ... yes. I do remember.
[ that much is clear, it seems.
she presses her lips together, prolonging a pause as if to think of something further to say since he seems to be at just as much of a loss, before she tries to make a better attempt at finding the words. ] I can't speak for both of us, but ... I was a different person. Not — not entirely, I guess, but things were much different and ... well, what I mean to say is, whatever choices we might have made then, I don't expect them to hold the same weight here. At least, I hope they don't.