[heine's a kid, a scared kid, just like all of them. but a scared kid with people he needs to be strong for. is that better or worse, she wonders vaguely. thinks of the conversation they had, tell lily I'm dead -- is all of this just too much to pile on that kid's thin shoulders?
is carol pushing him too far in trying to fix this, trying to get him to talk to his sister again?
but the state of lily without him is too much for carol to handle. does that make her selfish?
it's all just -- too much.
heavy frown notching her brow, mind reeling with that overwhelming and too-familiar cocktail of guiltworrysadness, carol's eyes start to droop shut.]
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is carol pushing him too far in trying to fix this, trying to get him to talk to his sister again?
but the state of lily without him is too much for carol to handle. does that make her selfish?
it's all just -- too much.
heavy frown notching her brow, mind reeling with that overwhelming and too-familiar cocktail of guiltworrysadness, carol's eyes start to droop shut.]