[ So he's not the only one not interested in getting up close and personal with the funeral services. Or whatever this is. It's not like any funeral Seth's ever been to in his lifetime, but it also isn't as if he'd been down here for the planning stages. The team assembled on the ground had presented itself to Seth as one noisy, veiled conglomerate, but he can't keep ignoring the creeping sense of belonging and familiarity. Being addressed so directly yanks that connection unpleasantly to the surface. Seth knows her without having ever spoken to her, and he wishes he could blot all of that out.
He can't help but wonder if this is what it was like for Richie when Kisa had clawed her way into his head, but Richie had been more enthusiastic about meeting her than Seth is about being confronted with Elena. ]
You mean the funeral, or being in this for the long haul?
[ There's a beat, then Seth sighs, relenting slightly in spite of himself. ]
I didn't know him. There's nothing to handle.
[ This is unfortunately going to be the easy part. Show up at a funeral, say the right things, clap a few people on the back and then drink in the deceased's honor. It was whatever came next that was going to take adjustment. ]
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He can't help but wonder if this is what it was like for Richie when Kisa had clawed her way into his head, but Richie had been more enthusiastic about meeting her than Seth is about being confronted with Elena. ]
You mean the funeral, or being in this for the long haul?
[ There's a beat, then Seth sighs, relenting slightly in spite of himself. ]
I didn't know him. There's nothing to handle.
[ This is unfortunately going to be the easy part. Show up at a funeral, say the right things, clap a few people on the back and then drink in the deceased's honor. It was whatever came next that was going to take adjustment. ]