( that's a fair desire, and clarke feels so fully for the other girl that she's pressing her mouth into a thin line and nodding in agreement. that's fair, that's deserved, and she finds she wants very much for asuka to receive the recognition and validation she'd earned. but that nagging voice in the back of her head, the one that insists none of them will ever get what they truly want — the train of thought still smarting from butting heads with misato a little while ago, that feels like she's walked away with enough of an understanding of the woman to make judgements — insists that asuka might never get it.
a pause, a break. carefully formulated words, spoken slowly. )
If she never does. Will you be able to get past that?
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a pause, a break. carefully formulated words, spoken slowly. )
If she never does. Will you be able to get past that?