[ she's far from the only one, but ava isn't great at realising that. at looking beyond her own pain to see that of others. years of it have made her selfish and focused on only one goal (survival, finding a cure, finding a way to stop being in pain, all tangled together) and now that she's no longer in pain (for now), she's still falling into old habits a lot. ]
Yeah, okay.
[ she's... trying. maybe not hard enough, but she's trying. ] Have you been here long?
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Yeah, okay.
[ she's... trying. maybe not hard enough, but she's trying. ] Have you been here long?